- Titles Untitled (For Sale) (Owl) (Proper)@For Sale (Title)@Owl (Proper)
- Artist Joseph Cornell, American, 1903 - 1972
- Medium Wood frame (artist’s frame), glass, colored reproduction on paper, printed collage elements, photographic reproduction on paper collage board, wax, and tape
- Dimensions 17 5/8 x 14 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (44.8 x 37.1 x 5.7 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.178
- Work Type collage
- Classification Collage
- Signature Verso, lower center, in reverse and partially obscured by some sort of putty or plaster: Joseph C [obscured] [underlined]
- Inscription Recto, label within collage: FOR SALE / SEQUESTERED BOWER - NUMEROUS COMPARTMENTS / LOOKOUTS; GUEST ROOMS; COZY NOOKS (FEATH-/ER-LINED); PINE*SCENTED LOUNGE; IVY COV-/ERED OBSERVATORY FOR EARLY DAWN VIEWS AND / ROMANTIC SUNSETS; CHEESE CELLAR; MOSS-LI-/NED ALCOVES WITH DRIPPING WATER AND LARGE / VARIETY SNAILS; COOL STORAGE; CHALET-VIEW / OF VALLEY; RELIC OF KARL MARIA VON WEBER; / BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF OLD CHATEAU INHABITED / BY STORKS; AQUARIUM IN BASE OF TRUNK WITH / RARE DEEP-FOREST SPECIMENS; SALAMANDERs' / CRANNIES; VIOLET-BANKED APPROACHES; MUSIC / AL WATERFALLS WITHIN STONE'S THROW; NA-/ TURAL MINERAL SPECIMENS; EASY WALKING DIS / TANCE TO ENCHANGED LAKE. RESONABLE RATES Verso, upper left corner, in black ink: Joseph Cornell / [illegible word] bird by Robert Cornell [marked through] Verso, center, in black ink: Bosch [sideways]
- Provenance Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), New York; descended to The Joseph and Robert Cornell Foundation, Key Biscayne, Florida [1]; gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2002
[1] Foundation Inventory No. 2C-64A (M28), from correspondence with The Joseph and Robert Cornell Foundation