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Joseph Cornell

Artist, American, 1903 - 1972

Joseph Cornell

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Julien Levy, New York); (Richard L. Feigen, New York); purchased 1 September 1995 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC; gift 2023 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell, Pasadena Art Museum, 1966-1967, no. 10, repro.

1967

  • Joseph Cornell, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1967, no. 30, repro.

1969

  • New York Painting and Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1969, no. 28, repro.

1973

  • Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), National Collection of Fine Arts, now Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 1973-1974, no. 2.

1976

  • Joseph Cornell, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1976, no. 3.

  • 200 Years of American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 1976, no. 42, repro as fig. 241.

1977

  • Joseph Cornell, Rice Museum, Houston, 1977, no. 12.

1980

  • Joseph Cornell, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1980-1981; Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1981; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, 1981; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1981; Musée de l'Art Moderne, Paris, 1981; Chicago Art Institute, 1982; Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, no. V, repro.

1982

  • Joseph Cornell and the Ballet, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1982-1983, no. 31, repro.

1985

  • Transformations in Sculpture: Four Decades of American and European Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1985, no. 16, repro.

1986

  • Qu'est-ce que la sculpture moderne?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1986, no. 202, repro.

1988

  • Convulsive Beauty: The Impact of Surrealism on American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1988, unnumbered checklist.

1999

  • The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1999, unnumbered checklist.

2001

  • Surrealism Desire Unbound, Tate Modern, London, 2001-2002, unnumbered checklist, repro.

2015

  • Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust, Royal Academy of Art, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; 2015-2016, no. 26, repro.

Bibliography

1967

  • Bourdon, David. "Boxed Art of Joseph Cornell." Life 63 no. 24 (1967): 58, repro.

1968

  • Finch, Chris. Pop Art: Object and Image. London, 1968: 37, repro.

  • Rubin, William. Dada and Surrealist Art. New York, 1968: 266, fig. 273.

1972

  • Hunter, Sam. American Art of the 20th Century. New York, 1972: fig. 475.

  • Schmied, Wieland. Joseph Cornell. Hannover, 1972: n.p.

1973

  • O'Doherty, Brian. American Masters: the Voice and the Myth. London, 1973: 272, 275-276, repro.

  • Abadie, Daniel. "Two Alchemists of the Everyday: Joseph Cornell and Louise Nevelson." XXe Siècle 40 (1973): 107, 191.

1974

  • Ashton, Dore. _ A Joseph Cornell Album_. New York, 1974: 98-99, repro, 237.

1977

  • Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell. New York, 1977: 19, fig. 9, 116.

  • Levy, Julien. Memoir of an Art Gallery. New York, 1977: n.p. repro, 224-227.

1980

  • Hughes, Robert. The Shock of the New. New York, 1980: 332-333, fig. 178.

1990

  • Okada, Takahiko. "Joseph Cornell: Nostalgia Contained." Mizue No. 954 (Spring 1990): 22, repro.

1992

  • Waldman, Diane. Collage Assemblage, and the Found Object. New York, 1992: fig. 277, 208-209, 211, 318.

  • Simic, Charles. Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell. Hopewell, NJ 1992: vii, 16-17, fig. 2.

1997

  • Solomon, Deborah. Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell. New York, 1997:118-119, repro, 258.

2002

  • Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams. New York, 2002: 25, 40, repro, 42, 45, 48, 150.

2003

  • Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, Richard Vine, and Robert Lehrman. Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay, Eterniday. Washington, 2003: 86, details, 87, fig.17, 233, 235, 247, 253.

  • Baverstock, Alison. Joseph Cornell: Secrets in a Box. London, 2003: 8, repro.

2006

  • Falcetta, Rebecca. "Acts of Containment: Marianne Moore, Joseph Cornell, and the Poetics of Enclosure." Journal of Modern Literature vol. 29 no. 4 (2006): 129-130, fig. 1, 131-142.

  • Simic, Charles. Memory Piano. Ann Arbor, 2006: 57-58.

2011

  • Leppanen-Guerra, Analisa. Children’s Stories and “Child-Time” in the Works of Joseph Cornell and the Transatlantic Avant-Garde. Surrey, England, 2011: 18, 205, 217-218, fig. 7.

2013

  • Ramond, Sylvie and François-René Martin. "Musées, Muses: Miscellanées sur Joseph Cornell." Joseph Cornell et les Surréalistes à New York Exh. cat. Musee des Beaux Arts de Lyon, Lyon, FR, 2013: 168, repro, no. 11.01, 372, 375-376. 

2015

  • Affron, Matthew, and Sylvie Ramond, eds. Joseph Cornell and Surrealism. Charlottesville, VA, 2015: 40, fig. 2.05, 42, 178.

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