This piece was gifted to a collector by Yayoi Kusama after Cornell's death in 1972. It is thought to have been a collaborative work but was only attributed to Cornell. Tucked into the back was a dream:
'unusually…rewarding dream…
the little girl who followed me home on subway…
—was watching me work at table
she came out again + then I went into the city to take her home.
one saw the city through her eyes —freshly beautiful.
at a point close to the river she got off + instead of an
expected drab looking dwelling she lived in…a place all glass…
overlooking the river…
next to her rooms a very large gallery-like place the walls
lined with filled bookshelves. I guessed + checked with the
man in charge that it was a research service for artists.
He said yes it was.’

(from Joseph Cornell's Dreams, edited by Catherine Corman)

58,000

Joseph Cornell

1970

Same as previous submission.

Assemblage