Pascal's Childe-hood

Details

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Pascal's Childe-hood
titled 'Pascal's Childe-hood' (on a typed paper label affixed to the reverse); inscribed 'Robert Cornell' (on typed paper label affixed to the reverse)
photostat reproduction, oil and graphite on masonite in artist's frame
overall: 14 x 16 in. (35.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1968.

Provenance

Gift of the artist to the previous owner
By descent to the present owner

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Lot Essay

The primary imagery used in this work is a photostat of a drawing by Robert Cornell, brother of the artist. Beginning in the mid-1960s and following Robert's death in 1965, Cornell made of series of collages based on photostats of his brother's drawings. Moreover, he made photostats of Robert's signature in order to give him credit.

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