JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1508445
Lot 550 | JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)
Estimate value
300000USD $ 300 000 – 500 000
Untitled (Celestial Navigation)
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
wood box construction—wood, glass, gouache, printed paper collage, metal, sand and seashell
11 1/8 x 16 x 4 ¼ in. (28.6 x 41.3 x 10.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1950.
Provenance
Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004
Literature
H. Kramer, "Great Joseph Cornell was Christian Mystic," The New York Observer, 12 January 2004, n.p. (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Richard L. Feigen & Co., Joseph Cornell: The 100th Birthday, October 2003-February 2004.
| 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 |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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