About This Artwork
Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972
Untitled (Hôtel du Nord)c. 1950
Box construction with painted glass
18 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.
Signed on back, lower center, on paper label: Joseph Cornell
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1855
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Gallery 397
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Possibly Bennington, Vermont, Bennington College, New Gallery, Bonitas Solstitialis and an Exploration of the Colombier: Selected Works by Joseph Cornell, 1959, no. 13, as Hôtel du Nord.
New York, ACA Galleries, Joseph Cornell, 1975, no. 12 (ill.), as Hôtel du Nord.
Chicago, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and New York, exh. cat., no S-18.
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, 1975; given to the Art Institute, 1982.