Untitled (Swan Box)
c. 1945
Artist, American, 1903 - 1972
Joseph Cornell
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
box construction
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Credit Line
Collection of Robert and Aimee Lehrman, Washington, D.C., in honor of Juliette Lehrman
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Dimensions
overall: 12.38 × 16.19 × 3.18 cm (4 7/8 × 6 3/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2023.124.6
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation; (C&M Arts, New York); purchased 1 April 1996 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1976
Joseph Cornell, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1976, no. 10 as Untitled (Blue Swan).
1978
Joseph Cornell, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, 1978, no. 4, repro.
1981
Westkunst Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939, Museen der Stadt Köln, 1981, no. 253, repro.
1982
Joseph Cornell and the Ballet, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1982-1983, no. 36, repro.
2005
Dialogues: Duchamp, Cornell, Johns, Rauschenberg, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2005-2006, no. 18, repro.
2015
Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust, Royal Academy of Art, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; 2015-2016, no. 31, repro.
2023
Miniature Worlds: Joseph Cornell, Ray Johnson, Yayoi Kusama, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 2023, unnumbered checklist, repro.
Bibliography
1997
Solomon, Deborah. Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell. New York, 1997:123, repro.
1999
West, Paul. "Boxed In." Conjunctions no. 32 (1999): 257, repro.