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

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

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.