Penny Arcade

1970

Joseph Cornell

Associated Names
Joseph Cornell

Artist, American, 1903 - 1972

The image includes circular and rectangular shapes layered within a framed setting. A large, blue circular shape is positioned near the top, resembling a lantern emitting soft light. The composition features a central rectangular area with a swan-like figure and its reflection in rippling water. Blurred forms resembling foliage surround the scene, with two smaller striped ovals at the bottom suggesting glowing lanterns.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

private collection; (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, October 25, 1974, no. 592); Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland; acquired 1992 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996, no. 12

Bibliography

1980

  • Sundell, Nina. The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, 1958-1979. Baltimore, Maryland: Jane B. Meyerhoff, 1980, p. 13.

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996, no. 12.

Inscriptions

on back of mount, lower right verso in black ink: Joseph Cornell; upper left verso in white pencil over black ink: Joseph Cornell

Wikidata ID

Q64591124

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