
Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled (Large Owl)
Joseph Cornell · c. 1948
Provenance
Ownership history
- Elizabeth Cornell Benton, Westhampton, New York; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1975; on loan to the Art Institute, 1976-82; given to the Art Institute, 1982.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and New York, exh. cat., no. S-26, as Owl.
Literature
Published references
- Alan G. Artner, “New at the Art Institute: Cornell Constructions, Contemporary Works,” Chicago Tribune, June 26, 1983, sec. 12, p. 16 (ill.), as Owl Box.
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