Artwork overview
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Medium
box construction
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.39 × 46.67 × 7.62 cm (12 3/4 × 18 3/8 × 3 in.)
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Accession Number
2023.124.10
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Stefan Edlis [1925-2019], Chicago, IL; purchased 20 July 1992 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC;
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell, Pasadena Art Museum, 1966-1967, no. 22.
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. 81, repro.
1985
Transformations in Sculpture: Four Decades of American and European Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1985, no. 20, 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. 96, repro.
Bibliography
1987
Brayndick, Michael. Joseph Cornell and the Dialectics of Human Time. Iowa City, IA, 1987: 172-173, repro.
2002
Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams. New York, 2002: 26, repro, 28, repro, 29, 151.
2003
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, Richard Vine, and Robert Lehrman. Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay, Eterniday. Washington, 2003: 76-77, fig.14, 78-79, details fig.14.
2008
Hoving, Kirsten A. Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: a case for the stars. Princeton, 2009: 53-56, repro, 55.