About This Artwork

Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972

Untitled (Game), c. 1940

Box construction
13 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 6 in.
Signed on back, upper right, on scrap of book page: Joseph Cornell
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1842

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Works on Paper, Small Format, Objects: Duchamp to Heizer, 1977; no cat. nos., n. pag., as Untitled.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and Chicago, exh. cat., no. 185 (ill. horizontally), as Untitled (New York and Chicago only).

San Francisco, SFMOMA, Joseph Cornell: Navigating Imagination, 2006-08, travelled to Washington D.C.

Ownership History

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