Homage to the Romantic Ballet, 1941

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Medium

box construction (glass, photograph, rhinestones, dried flower petals, tulle, gold glitter, blue ribbon & celadon green ball)

Dimensions

overall: 4.76 × 11.75 × 8.89 cm (1 7/8 × 4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Robert and Aimee Lehrman, Washington, D.C., in honor of Beth Calmes

Accession Number

2023.124.8

Artists / Makers

Joseph Cornell (artist) American, 1903 - 1972

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Inscription

Left side of lid: Gold confetti from an actual ribbon / worn by T.T. in Casse-Noisette.
Bottom of lid: Dream fragments loosened by the breezes from the / floating form of the fairy, Carlotta Grisi. Gold / rain shed from the garments of the dark fairy, / Tamara Toumanova.
Right side of lid: Homage to the Romantic Ballet / Joseph Cornell 1941.

Provenance

(Castelli Feigen Corcoran, New York); private collection, Los Angeles; private collection, New York; (Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York); purchased 26 January 1999 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC; gift 2023 to NGA.

Associated Names

Castelli Feigen Corcoran
Horan Fine Art, Vivian
Lehrman, Robert
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)

Bibliography

1974: Ashton, Dore. A Joseph Cornell Album. New York, 1974: 29, repro, 235.

1977: Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell. New York, 1977: no.57, 118.

2002: Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams. New York, 2002: 60-61, repro, 150.