A receipt dated August 22, 1964, preserved in the Cornell Study Center, records Joseph Cornell's purchase of four Yayoi Kusama works now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including Smithsonian's own archival records, Artnet News, and Art-critique.com, all consistent on date, purchase, and current museum ownership. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Lost Kusamas (seed:culture_and_philosophy)
- https://news.artnet.com/art-world/smithsonian-just-discovered-four-yayoi-kusama-paintings-no-idea-existed-hidden-museums-files-1738578 (corroboration)
- https://www.art-critique.com/en/2019/12/lost-early-yayoi-kusama-works/ (corroboration)
- https://sova.si.edu/record/saam.jcsc.1 (corroboration)