ACA Galleries, New York Michael Scharf Family Collection (acquired from the above in 1979) Christie’s, New York, September 27, 2019, lot 209 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
William C. Agee, The Scharf Collection: A History Revealed, New York, 2018, p. 173 (illustrated)
signed and dedicated “for a little girl viewing To Princess Teoblossom to Princess Teoblossom from Joseph Cornell” on the reverse of the inside collage element metal, oil, printed paper collage and glass in a wood box construction closed 4 x 9 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (10.2 x 23.5 x 13 cm) open 2 x 9 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (5.1 x 23.5 x 26.4 cm) Executed circa 1952.