Joseph Cornell American, 1903-1972
Untitled (Found Objects), 1962
"Sun's Rays": three marbles and two screws in painted and collaged box; miniature dog charm in plastic toy capsule in stamped envelope; "A dei 27 Gena": plastic bottle of blue liquid in painted and collaged box; two miniature glass vessels in painted and collaged box; glass eye with two miniature corked bottles under bell jar in stamped envelope; "To be continued": handpainted toy snake in painted and collaged box
Each: 2 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches; 2 x 5 x 2 1/2 inches; 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 inches; 2 1/4 x 3 x 1/2 inches; 2 3/4 x 2 inches; 3 x 1 1/2 x 1 inches
"Sun's Ray's": signed, dated and inscribed in lid: Joseph Cornell 11/62 / . . . Math; "To be continued": inscribed, dated and signed in lid: for Master Schoelkopf / as of early 1964 - Joseph Cornell
Joseph Cornell’s relationship with Robert Schoelkopf began when the artist’s brother, Robert, died. Cornell sought a venue for a memorial exhibition of the Robert’s drawings and Joseph’s collages that incorporated...
Joseph Cornell’s relationship with Robert Schoelkopf began when the artist’s brother, Robert, died. Cornell sought a venue for a memorial exhibition of the Robert’s drawings and Joseph’s collages that incorporated them. “Schoelkopf was a fan of [Cornell’s] work,” Cornell’s biographer records, “and was delighted when Cornell wandered in one day to discuss the possibility of a memorial exhibition for Robert. Without hesitation, Schoelkopf put the show on his winter schedule” (Deborah Solomon, Utopia Parkway, 2015, p. 651).
Provenance
The artist; toRobert Schoelkopf; to
Estate of Robert Schoelkopf; to
L. Jane Schoelkopf; to
Estate of L. Jane Schoelkopf until the present
