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Joseph Cornell

Associated Names
Joseph Cornell

Artist, American, 1903 - 1972

This appears to be a shadow box artwork featuring various objects. The shadow box includes a backdrop with a printed solar system diagram on tan and pale blue paper. Suspended from the top are several spherical objects of different sizes resembling planets made from cork. Two glass shelves or tubes hold two small blue glass spheres. On the left, there are three wine glasses that seem to hold wooden cubes and a round white object. On the right is a white pipe shaped like a human hand holding a glass. The bottom of the case has a dark purple velvet lining.
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Artwork overview

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.

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