ID 1167553 
Lot 170  | JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000 
Constellation Variant
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (in reverse on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
wood box construction—wood, glass, metal, mixed media collage, nails and paint
8 1⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 x 3 ½ in. (20.6 x 32.1 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1955-1958.
Provenance
Private collection, Long Island
ACA Galleries, New York
Private collection, Dallas
Private collection, Texas, 1988
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2007
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2009
Exhibited
New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries, Image in the Box: From Cornell to Contemporary, November 2008-January 2009, pp. 16 and 47, pl. 7 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Joseph Cornell (1903 - 1972) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
| Artist: | Joseph Cornell (1903 - 1972) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
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