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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 5, 2024 | Piasa | Paris | The Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection From Surrealism to Pop Art | 44 | $****** - ****** | Lunar Set (Soap Bubble Set, Lunar variant) |
sculpture
34 x 45.5 x 9.3 cm (13.39 x 17.91 x 3.66 in)
Object-box: collage, map of the moon, painted wood, metal, glasses, glass beads, shells, plaster
Signed and titled on the back "Joseph Cornell Lunar Set"
Joseph Cornell (Nyack, 1903 - New York, 1972)
Lunar Set (Soap Bubble Set, Lunar variant), circa 1950
Object-box: collage, map of the moon, painted wood, metal, glasses, glass beads, shells, plaster
Signed and titled on the back "Joseph Cornell Lunar Set"
34 x 45,5 x 9,3 cm
Provenance:
- Daniel Varenne, Geneva (probably)
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris
Bibliography:
- Galerie 1900-2000, "Joseph Cornell", 13 March - 8 April 1989, illustrated in the catalogue p. 72
Our thanks to Dr Katharine Conely for her kind contribution.
Note: this work belongs to the "Soap Bubble Set".
Pas de défaut de structure apparent.
Les matériaux ont vieilli naturellement.
Quelques craquelures et fissures dans le panneau du fond.
Légère oxydation de la colle.
No apparent structural defects.
The materials have aged naturally.
A few cracks and fissures in the back panel.
Slight oxidation of glue.
