Work by Joseph Cornell

1933

Lee Miller

Associated Names
Lee Miller

Artist, American, 1907 - 1977

The image shows a large glass dome containing a smaller glass vessel holding a ceramic doll head. The doll head is surrounded by tangled strings hanging inside the vessel. The color scheme is warm sepia with dark shadows and reflective highlights. The glass dome is placed on a circular base, enclosing the doll head at the center of the frame.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and David Robinson

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 20.8 x 15.7 cm (8 3/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.35.20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • The Kiss of Apollo: Photography & Sculpture 1845 to the Present, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1991.

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1989

  • Livingston, Jane. Lee Miller: Photographer. London, 1989: 117.

1991

  • The Kiss of Apollo: Photography & Sculpture 1845 to the Present. San Francisco, 1991: pl. 21.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lee Miller; upper center verso in black ink: a Marcel Duchamp / En amical souvenir / Joseph Cornell / Dec 1933; center verso stamped in black ink: LEE MILLER / 8 East 48 St / N.Y. City

Wikidata ID

Q64157300

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