Art Institute of Chicago
Dovecote (Colombier)
Joseph Cornell · 1950
Provenance
Ownership history
- Robert Elkon, New York; sold to the Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, 1961; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1961; given to the Art Institute, 1982.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Bennington, Vermont, Bennington College, New Gallery, Bonitas Solstitialis and an Exploration of the Columbier: Selected Works by Joseph Cornell, 1959, no.16.
- Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cornell in Chicago, 1973-74, no cat. nos., n.pag., as Dovecote.
- Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Joseph Cornell, 1977, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Ellen H. Johnson, "Arcadia Enclosed: The Boxes of Joseph Cornell", Arts Magazine 39 (Sept.-Oct.1965), p. 35 (ill.), as Dovecote.
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