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Joseph Cornell

Untitled (Grand Hotel des Voyageurs)

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:26 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Joseph Cornell

1903 - 1972

Untitled (Grand Hotel des Voyageurs)


partially titled (upper edge); signed Joseph Cornell and partially titled (on the reverse)

wood, printed paper collage, sand, metal and found objects in glass and painted wood box construction

18 1/4 by 10 5/8 by 3 5/8 in.

46.4 by 27 by 9.2 cm.

Executed circa 1956.

Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in June 1976)
Sotheby's S|2, New York
A. Alfred Taubman, Bloomfield Hills (acquired from the above in December 2011)
Sotheby's New York, 5 November 2015, lot 117
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Joseph Cornell Retrospective, 1980 - 1981, no. 129, illustrated
New York, S|2, Hunters and Gatherers: The Art of Assemblage, 2011