JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)

Lot 550
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1508445
Lot 550 | JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)
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.
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