About This Artwork

Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972

For Juan Gris #7, c. 1954

Box construction
18 x 10 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.
Signed, titled, and inscribed on back: Joseph Cornell (lower left, in reverse, on paper label); For Jaun Gris / #7 (lower left, on another paper label); GR7 (lower right, upside down)
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1850

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Valparaiso, Indiana, Valparaiso University, The University Art Galleries and Collections, Joseph Cornell Mini-Festival, 1981, no cat.

Chicago, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and New York, no. S-15.

Ownership History

Bequeathed by the artist to his niece Helen Batcheller, New York, 1972; sold via the ACA Galleries, New York, to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1980; given to the Art Institute, 1982.