About This Artwork
Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972
Untitled (Bird)1948
Box construction
12 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 5 5/8 in.
Stamped on back, upper right: RL
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1867
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Gallery 397
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Joseph Cornell, 1967, not in cat.
New York, The Cosmopolitan Club, Joseph Cornell, 1970, no cat.
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, exh. cat., no. 154.
Florence, Joseph Cornell, 1981, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, New York, Paris, and Chicago, exh. cat., no. 35.
Ownership History
Jane Wade, Ltd., New York; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Richard l. Feigen, New York, 1967; on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1972-73; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1976; given to the Art Institute, 1982.