Joseph Cornell (Nyack, 1903 - New York, 1972) Lunar Set (Soap Bubble Set, Lunar variant), circa 1950

Joseph Cornell (Nyack, 1903 - New York, 1972)
Lunar Set (Soap Bubble Set, Lunar variant), circa 1950
Object-box: collage, map of the moon, painted wood, metal, glasses, glass beads, shells, plaster
Signed and titled on the back "Joseph Cornell Lunar Set"
34 x 45,5 x 9,3 cm

Provenance:
- Daniel Varenne, Geneva (probably)
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris

Bibliography:
- Galerie 1900-2000, "Joseph Cornell", 13 March - 8 April 1989, illustrated in the catalogue p. 72

Our thanks to Dr Katharine Conely for her kind contribution.

Note: this work belongs to the "Soap Bubble Set".