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Joseph Cornell

Sand Fountain, 1948

East Building, Upper Level - Gallery 415B

Medium

construction

Dimensions

overall: 27.9 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm (11 x 7 x 4 in.)

Credit Line

Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection

Accession Number

1991.218.1

Artists / Makers

Joseph Cornell (artist) American, 1903 - 1972

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Provenance

Estate of the artist; (Allan Stone Gallery, New York); sold 1977 to Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland;[1] gift 1991 to NGA.

[1] Provenance from The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 1945 to 1995, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996: 237.

Associated Names

Meyerhoff, Robert E.

Exhibition History

1996: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 10, color repro.

2014: Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, 2014, pl. 19.

Bibliography

1980: Sundell, Nina. The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 1958-1979. Baltimore, 1980: 11, repro.

1996: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 10.

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