About This Artwork

Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972

Untitled (For Tamara Toumanova), c. 1940

Box construction
Closed: 1 5/8 x 16 x 11 1/8 in.; Bottom: 1 1/4 x 16 x 11 1/8 in.; Top: 3/16 x 16 x 11 1/8 in.
Embossed on bottom of box: A Few Interesting Facts About CALIFORNIA REDWOOD [. . .]
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection in memory of Robert Cornell, 1982.1863

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and Chicago, exh. cat., no. S-31.

Ownership History

Given by the artist to Tamara Toumanova, Beverly Hills, California; sold to Castelli, Feigen, Corcoran, New York, 1978; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1981; given to the Art Institute, 1982.