JOSEPH CORNELL
SOAP BUBBLE SET (ECLIPSING BINARY, ALGOL WITH MAGNITUDE CHANGES) , 1960 (Executed)
Lot #244 |
2020-06-30 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Category:
Collage
Estimate:
USD 150,000 - 200,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10371
Auction name: Contemporary Art Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2020-06-30
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 10 by 14 by 3Ā¾ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
25.4
Width In Centimeters:
35.6
Depth In Centimeters:
9.5
Height In Inches:
10
Width In Inches:
14
Depth In Inches:
3.75
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Edition: AP
Edition notes: Artist's proof.
Year notes: Executed in 1960.
Provenance
ACA Galleries, New York Collection of Mrs. Edward Halper, Illinois Private Collection Private Collection, New York Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1986, Lot 50 Collection of Allan Stone, New York Sotheby's, New York, 23 September 2011, Lot 18 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, ACA Galleries, Joseph Cornell, May 1975, cat. no. 14, illustrated New York, Whitney Downtown, 25 Stills: Exhibition of Still Lifes, 1975
Catalog summary
JOSEPH CORNELL 1903 - 1972 SOAP BUBBLE SETĀ (ECLIPSING BINARY, ALGOL WITH MAGNITUDE CHANGES) signed and titled on the reverse painted wood and glass box construction with metal rods, ring, nails, glass, plastic ball, clay pipe and collaged elements 10 by 14 by 3Ā¾ in. 25.4 by 35.6 by 9.5 cm. Executed circa 1960. Provenance ACA Galleries, New York Collection of Mrs. Edward Halper, Illinois Private Collection Private Collection, New York Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1986, Lot 50 Collection of Allan Stone, New York Sotheby's, New York, 23 September 2011, Lot 18 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner Exhibited New York, ACA Galleries, Joseph Cornell, May 1975, cat. no. 14, illustrated New York, Whitney Downtown, 25 Stills: Exhibition of Still Lifes, 1975