For Jorge Luis Borges (Columbine)
1966
Joseph Cornell
Artist, American, 1903 - 1972
Artwork overview
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                Mediumwatercolor, gouache, and plaster on Masonite 
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                Credit LineCorcoran Collection (Gift of the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation) 
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                Dimensionsboard: 22.86 × 30.48 cm (9 × 12 in.) 
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                Accession Number2015.19.3457 
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, New York; Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, Keswick, Virginia, 1972; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
upper right verso in black ink: clay FRAN. 3rd [not deciphered] y'day-; lower right verso in black ink: Joseph Cornell; printed lower left verso in black and red ink on adhered label: for JORGE LUIS BORGES (Columbine); printed lower right verso in black and red ink on adhered label: ". . . . april, june * and November." / 4/27 - 5/1 - 1966. (for FRANCESCA)
Wikidata ID
Q64591129 
   
   
    