Untitled (Aviary with Multiple Birds)
1942
Artist, American, 1903 - 1972
Joseph Cornell
Attributed to
East Building Upper Level, Gallery 415-B
Artwork overview
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Medium
box construction
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 33.34 × 25.4 × 8.89 cm (13 1/8 × 10 × 3 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
2023.124.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Gagosian Gallery, New York); purchased 22 July 1999 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1980
Joseph Cornell, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1980-1981; Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1981; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, 1981; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1981; Musée de l'Art Moderne, Paris, 1981; Chicago Art Institute, 1982; Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, no. XX, repro.
1982
Joseph Cornell: Art and Metaphysics, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1982, no. 12, repro.
Bibliography
2001
Foer, Jonathan Safran, ed. _ A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell_. New York, 2001: 180, repro.
2002
Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams. New York, 2002: 88, repro, 89, 152.
2003
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, Richard Vine, and Robert Lehrman. Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay, Eterniday. Washington, 2003: 120-121, no.34, details.