© Toomey & Co. — view on Toomey & Co. website ↗Untitled (Landscape with Figure) (from the Prints for Phoenix House portfolio), 1972
Etching
Toomey & Co. · Nov 14, 2025$635 ≈ £482 ≈ €545Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Cassiopeia #2
Joseph Cornell (American, 1903–1972) · 1960-1961
$177,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ £140,365≈ €168,339
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “painted wood and glass, printed paper collage, metal rods, clay pipe, cork ball, marble, mirror, driftwood and nails in a wood box construction”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in mirror image “Joseph Cornell” on a label affixed to the reverse · Joseph Cornell signature
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 9 7/8 x 16 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (25.1 x 41.3 x 9.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010824)
- Date
- November 20, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 128
- Estimate
- $50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £39,473 – £55,262) (≈ €47,340 – €66,275)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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