About This Artwork

Joseph Cornell
American, 1903-1972

Untitled (Lighted Dancer), c. 1949

Stained wood box with glass front, light bulb, tree bark, glitter or glass chips, glass, colored-paper image adhered to a wood form, and twigs
13 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1841

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-30, as Untitled (Dancer)

Ownership History

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