
Art Institute of Chicago
Ann-In Memory
Joseph Cornell · October 8, 1954
Provenance
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.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
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.
Literature
Published references
- 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).
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