Photo © Toomey & Co. — view this lot on Toomey & Co. ↗Untitled (Landscape with Figure) (from the Prints for Phoenix House portfolio), 1972
Etching
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The Sylph
Joseph Cornell (American, 1903–1972) · 1967
$6,300 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,533≈ €5,278
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “paper collage and photograph by Harold Halma laid on Masonite, in artist's frame”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Inscribed in typeface ""THE SYLPH" (photo by Harold Halma) collage by Joseph Cornell (signed)" on a label affixed to the reverse; signed "Joseph Cornell" on a p · Joseph Cornell signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (38.7 x 31.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010421)
- Date
- June 24, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 118
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £5,756 – £8,634) (≈ €6,702 – €10,054)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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