Sand Fountain
Date
(c. 1955-1957)
Artist
Joseph Cornell, American, b. Nyack, New York, 1903–1972
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Streep, Jon N., New York 1961
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York," 29 October 2015-15 February 2016, fig. 131, color ill. p. 116; p. 185.
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School
Surrealism (American)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.978
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Gesso, oil, photomechanical reproductions, sand, mirror glass, drinking glass, and nails in glass-faced wood box
Dimensions
10 7/8 x 8 x 3 1/2 in. (27.6 x 20.3 x 8.9 cm)
