About This Artwork

Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972

Ann-In Memory, October 8, 1954

Box construction
12 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
1/16 in. extra depth from panel on back upper center
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed on back: Joseph Cornell (upper center, on paper label); “Ann – in memory” / Thomas De Quincey / Schumann “Etudes Symph.” / October 8. 1954. Fri (lower left, on paper label)
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1869

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Art of Assemblage, 1961, traveled to Dallas and San Francisco, no. 53, as Hôtel Bon Port: Ann in Memory.

Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, Recent Acquisitions, 1962, no. 7.

Paris, Musée Rodin, Etats-Unis: Sculptures du XXe siècle, 1965-66, traveled to Berlin and Baden-Baden, Fr. cat., no. 9, as Hotel Bon Port – En Souvenir d’Anne; Ger. cat., no. 7, as Hotel Bon Port – Anne in Memory.

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Joseph Cornell, 1967, exh. cat., no cat. nos., pp. 24, 43 (ill.), as Hotel Bon Port (Ann in Memory).

Kassel, Galerie an der Schönen Aussicht, Museum Fridericianum, and Orangerie im Auepark, 4.documenta, 1968, vol. 2, no. 7, as Hotel Bon Port (Ann in Memory).

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cornell in Chicago, 1973-74, no cat. nos., n. pag. (ill.), as Hôtel Bon Port (Ann in Memory).

Houston, Rice Univeristy, Institute for the Arts, Joseph Cornell, 1977, no cat.

Chicago, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and Chicago, exh. cat., no. S-23, as Hôtel Bon Port (Ann in Memory).

San Francisco, SFMOMA, Joseph Cornell: Navigating Imagination, 2006-08, travelled to Washington D.C., no. 132.

Publication History

Irving H. Sandler, “New York Letter,” Art International 5 (Nov. 20, 1961), p. 55 (ill.), as Hotel Bon Port: Ann in Memory.

Dore Ashton, A Joseph Cornell Album, 1974, pp. 91, 197 (ill.), as Hotel Bon Port (for Ann in Memory).

Alex Mogelon and Norman Laliberté, Art in Boxes, New York, 1974, p. 82 (ill.), as Hotel Bon Port: Arms [sic] in Memory.

Diane Waldman, Joseph Cornell, 1977, pp. 28, 29, and pl. 30, as Hotel Bon Port (Ann in Memory).

Devonna Pieszak, “Shadowed Realms of Wonder,” Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 23, 1989, pp.16 (ill.), 17, as Hotel Bon Port (Ann in Memory).

Ownership History

Probably sold by the artist to the Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1961; given to the Art Institute, 1982.