Caravaggio Prince, Medici Slot Machine Variant
c. 1950
Joseph Cornell
Sculptor, American, 1903 - 1972
Artwork overview
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Medium
construction and collage
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Friends of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
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Dimensions
overall: 15 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (39.37 x 24.45 x 11.75 cm)
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Accession Number
2015.19.3915
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist [1903-1972]; his estate; (ACA Galleries, New York); sold April 1978 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1982
Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982 - 16 January 1983, unpublished checklist.
1986
Friends of the Corcoran 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Selections from Acquisitions by the Friends of the Corcoran, 1961-1985, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 14-30 March 1986, unnumbered checklist.
2006
Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006.
2008
American Modern: Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 31 October 2008 - 25 January 2009.
2015
Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, 2015-2016, fig. 128.
Inscriptions
lower right reverse: Cornell Joseph
Wikidata ID
Q63864149