About This Artwork

Joseph Cornell
American, 1903-1972

Untitled (Lighted Owl), c. 1949

Stained wood box with glass front, paper, light bulb, colored-paper image on wood form, plastic spider, tree bark, and dried leaves
14 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.
+ 1/4 in. D coverplate for electrical wire
Signed on back, lower center, on strip of paper: Joseph Cornell
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1840

Art © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and New York, exh. cat., no. S-33, as Untitled (Owl Box)

Ownership History

Elizabeth Cornell Benton, Westhampton, New York; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1977; given to the Art Institute, 1982.