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The Lost Needle

A work made of drawing by leonor fini in pen and black ink on cream wove paper, part of a collage by joseph cornell with photograph, printed reproduction, printed labels, and graphite on paper label, on cornell's mat and frame.
© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of drawing by leonor fini in pen and black ink on cream wove paper, part of a collage by joseph cornell with photograph, printed reproduction, printed labels, and graphite on paper label, on cornell's mat and frame.

Date:

c. 1937

Artist:

Léonor Fini
Italian, born Argentina, 1908-1996

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 397

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Léonor Fini

Title

The Lost Needle

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1932–1942

Medium

Drawing by Leonor Fini in pen and black ink on cream wove paper, part of a collage by Joseph Cornell with photograph, printed reproduction, printed labels, and graphite on paper label, on Cornell's mat and frame

Inscriptions

Signed on drawing, lower right: "Leonor Fini"; inscribed, lower right, in graphite on paper label: "pour Joseph Cornell / très amicalement / Leonor Fini"; inscribed verso, upper center, in graphite: "property of Joseph Cornell / 3708 Utopia Parkway / Flushing N.Y."; lower left: "photo by / Chas. Henri Ford"; lower right: "fecit / ca. 1937"

Dimensions

Sheet: 24.1 × 17.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); Mat and frame: 34.8 × 30.5 cm (13 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection

Reference Number

2018.321

Copyright

© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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