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December 11, 2019
Signed & Numbered
Lot 49
  1. Joseph Cornell - How to Make a Rainbow
  2. Joseph Cornell - How to Make a Rainbow
  1. Joseph Cornell - How to Make a Rainbow
  2. Joseph Cornell - How to Make a Rainbow
Joseph Cornell

How to Make a Rainbow (1975)

Dimensions
image: 14 1/2 x 10 15/16 inches

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Price Realized: $1,875
Includes buyer's premium

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Joseph Cornell
American (1903-1972)
How to Make a Rainbow (1975)
Details
screen print with stencil and varnish image: 14 1/2 x 10 15/16 inches pencil signed lower right and numbered 61/125
Provenance
From a Private Pennsylvania Collection
Condition
very good condition, no apparent issues
Frame Information
total size of lot with frame: 20 3/4 x 17 inches
Notes
publisher: Brooke Alexander Editions, New York ,printer: Styria Studio, Inc., New York ,from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint

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