J. Eagels Autumnal – Spring is one of Joseph Cornell’s unique series of works known as “crackalure panels,” each composed of baked ceramic surfaces housed in found frames and produced between 1965 and 1972. Examples of these works are included in important museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Throughout his career, the artist created numerous works for actresses, dancers and celebrities he admired. This work was part of a series he created for Jeanne Eagels, a film actress Cornell met for the first time in the 1920s who immediately made a lasting impression on him. After her premature death in 1929 he continued creating works to commemorate her. Specifically, around 1965, he created more than a dozen works in her name, of which the present work is a remarkable example.