THE SURREALIST WORLD OF ROSALIND GERSTEN JACOBS AND MELVIN JACOBS
JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)
Untitled (Blue Sand Tray)
Details
JOSEPH CORNELL (1903-1972)
Untitled (Blue Sand Tray)
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (on a label affixed to the underside)
wood box construction with blue sand, metal ring, ball bearing, glass and varnished French book pages
8 1⁄2 x 14 1⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in. (21.6 x 35.9 x 4.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1948
Untitled (Blue Sand Tray)
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (on a label affixed to the underside)
wood box construction with blue sand, metal ring, ball bearing, glass and varnished French book pages
8 1⁄2 x 14 1⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in. (21.6 x 35.9 x 4.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1948
Provenance
Acquired from the artist through William and Noma Copley by the late owners, circa 1958.
Exhibited
Pasadena Art Museum, Joseph Cornell, December 1966-February 1967, no. 46.
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, March-May 2000.
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, March-May 2000.