About This Artwork

Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972

Untitled (For Trista), c. 1969

Box construction
18 x 13 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.
3 objects, elements, packed separately in box
Signed and inscribed on back: Joseph Cornell / x (sideways, lower left); for Trista / x (upper left); from Joseph x (lower right)
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1851

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), 1973-74, no cat.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and Chicago, nos. 199-200 (ills.) and p. 112.

Salem, Massachusetts, Peabody Essex Museum, Joseph Cornell: Navigating Imagination, 2006-08, travelled to Washington D.C. and San Francisco, no. 186.

Publication History

Joseph T. Butler, “The American Way with Art,” Connoisseur 185 (Apr. 1974), p. 305, as For Trista.

Ownership History

Sold by the artist to Allan Stone Gallery, New York; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1976; given to the Art Institute, 1982.