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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Goya Capricho

c. 1964 - 1965

Joseph Cornell

Associated Names

Joseph Cornell

Artist, American, 1903 - 1972

The artwork features rectangular and cubical shapes within a frame that includes a central image of a seated child in historical attire. The arrangement presents an abstract composition with geometric cubes, a green polyhedron, and sections of classical-style portraits. The cubes are marked with numerical notations like '2' and '2²', while the green form has labels like 'A' and 'G'. Cut-out rectangles with images of well-dressed children add traditional portraiture elements to the modern geometric abstraction.

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Artwork overview

Medium

cut-and-pasted offset printed paper and ink over graphite, mounted to painted masonite, in artist's frame
Credit Line

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

overall: 30.48 × 22.86 cm (12 × 9 in.)
Accession Number

2023.124.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C&M Arts, New York; purchased 28 March 1996 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC.

Associated Names

Lehrman, Robert

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