- Titles Untitled (Prince Pince) (Proper)
- Artist Joseph Cornell, American, 1903 - 1972@Robert Cornell, American, 1910 - 1965
- Medium Wood frame (artist’s frame), glass, wax pencil on cardboard, pen
- Dimensions 14 5/8 x 12 5/8 x 3/4 in. (37.1 x 32.1 x 1.9 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.176
- Work Type painting
- Classification Paintings
- Inscription Verso, upper center, in ink: Robert Cornell [illegible word] 9-19-61./Prince Pince (née Nez) [marked through] / original drawing by Robert CORNELL [marked through] / ca. 1960-2 [marked through] / "Prince Pince - nez" [marked through] / "PRince Pinch-Nose" series [marked through] (Arrow drawn in graphite that points toward 'original drawing by Robert CORNELL" and which says 'keep.") Verso, lower right, in graphite: EL.70.407 Verso of frame, lower left corner, in graphite or ink?: w staples [upside down and partially illegible] Verso of frame, lower rail, in ink(?): 1818 GC [visible through overcoat of paint, indicating Cornell modifed the frame]
- Provenance Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), New York, 1961; 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-62A (2226), from correspondence with The Joseph and Robert Cornell Foundation