Paolo and Francesca
1943-1948
Joseph Cornell
Artist, American, 1903 - 1972
Artwork overview
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            Mediumbox construction 
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            Credit LineCollection of Robert and Aimee Lehrman, Washington, D.C., in honor of Nathaly Baum 
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            Dimensionsoverall: 38.1 × 28.58 × 9.84 cm (15 × 11 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.) 
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            Accession Number2023.124.16 
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Richard L. Feigen, New York); purchased 16 August 1993 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
- An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell, Pasadena Art Museum, 1966-1967, no. 16. 
1969
- New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1969, no. 33. 
1973
- American Art at Mid-Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973-1974, unnumbered checklist, repro. 
1976
- Joseph Cornell, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1976, no. 24. 
1977
- Joseph Cornell, Rice Museum, Houston, 1977, no catalogue, checklist no. 25. 
1978
- Joseph Cornell, Akron Art Institute, 1978, no. 13, repro. 
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. 109, repro. 
1981
- Westkunst Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939, Museen der Stadt Köln, 1981, no. 260, repro. 
1982
- Joseph Cornell: Art and Metaphysics, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1982, no. 4, repro. 
1992
- Joseph Cornell, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 1992; The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, 1992; The Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, 1993, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura, 1993; no. 5, repro. 
2007
- Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 2007; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007-2008; no. 82, repro. 
2015
- Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust, Royal Academy of Art, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; 2015-2016, no. 43, repro. 
Bibliography
1977
- Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell. New York, 1977: 19, fig. 6, 116. 
2002
- Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams. New York, 2002: 47, repro, 48. 
2003
- Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, Richard Vine, and Robert Lehrman. Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay, Eterniday. Washington, 2003: 27, 68, repro, 69, fig. 10. 
2007
- Brink, Andrew. Desire and Avoidance in Art. New York, 2007: 169. 
2008
- Costello, Bonnie. Planets on Tables: Poetry, Still Life, and the Turning World. Ithaca, NY, 2008: 17. 
 
   
   
     
   
   
              