Art Institute of Chicago
Soap Bubble Set
Joseph Cornell · 1948
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold by the artist to William Copley, Beverly Hills, California, by 1948. Mrs. De Menocal Simpson, New York. Stable Gallery, New York, 1967; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1967; partially given to the Art Institute, 1982; remaining percentage given to the Art Institute, 2006.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Beverly Hills, CA, Copley Galleries, Objects by Joseph Cornell, 1948, no. 19, as Soap Bubble Set (Spirit Level).
- Bennington, VT, Bennington College, The New Gallery, Bonitas Solstitialis and an Exploration of the Colombier: Selected Works by Joseph Cornell, 1959, no. 4, as Spirit Level.
- New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Joseph Cornell, 1967, no. cat. nos., pp. 23, 36 (ill.). Chicago 1982, no. S-10.
Literature
Published references
- Dore Ashton, A Joseph Cornell Album (New York: The Viking Press, 1974), 56 (ill.).
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