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L’Humeur Vagabonde (Restless Mood)

1955

Joseph Cornell

Artist, American, 1903 - 1972

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Artwork overview

Medium

box construction
Credit Line

Collection of Robert and Aimee Lehrman, Washington, D.C., in honor of Jake, Jason and Juliette Lehrman
Dimensions

overall: 36.83 × 26.35 × 6.99 cm (14 1/2 × 10 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Accession

2023.124.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York); purchased 21 May 1993 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC; gift 2023 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, Richard Vine, and Robert Lehrman. Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay, Eterniday. Washington, 2003: 146, no.47, 147, repro, 249, 254.

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