Joseph Cornell - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Thursday, June 24, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Castelli / Feigen / Corcoran, New York
    Private Collection, New York

  • Exhibited

    New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Joseph Cornell, January 21–February 1989

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Homage to the Romantic Ballet

titled ""Hommage [sic] to the Romantic Ballet"" and inscribed in typeface "Hommage [sic] to the Romantic Ballet. follower of Pesellino for Fanny Cerrito. collage by Joseph Cornell" on a label affixed to the reverse; signed "Joseph Cornell" on a piece of paper glued to the reverse (mirror image); indistinctly titled and inscribed "...the Romantic Ballet / Beckett on Proust last ¶..." on the reverse
paper collage laid on Masonite, in artist's frame
16 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (41.3 x 33.7 cm)
Executed circa 1950s.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $11,970

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 24 June 2021