
Joseph Cornell American, 1903-1972
Lucile Grahn as ‘La Sylphide’, 1940s c. early
Assemblage
10.2 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm
4 x 4 x 1 inches
4 x 4 x 1 inches
Lucile Grahn was a ballerina, ballet mistress, and choreographer who was the first Danish ballerina to attain international renown.
Lucile Grahn was a ballerina, ballet mistress, and choreographer who was the first Danish ballerina to attain international renown.
Provenance
Timothy Baum, New YorkExhibitions
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Joseph Cornell, 28 Feb - 20 Mar 1976London, The Mayor Gallery, Faces and Places: Dada and Surrealist Portraits and Landscapes, 18 Nov - 19 Dec 1997
San Antonio, Texas, McNay Art Museum, High Drama: Eugene Berman And The Legacy Of The Melancholic Sublime, 18 May - 14 Aug 2005, ill. in cat. p. 67, pl. 26
London, The Mayor Gallery, Homage to Surrealism: 1924 - Forever (All Media), 9 Oct - 22 Nov 2024