Shadow Box
Date
(c. 1954-1956)
Artist
Joseph Cornell, American, b. Nyack, New York, 1903–1972
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Hanover Gallery, London 1964
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.
Published References
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN and JACQUELINE BLOCK. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design 2nd ed. (New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs/Prentice Hall, 1995), fig. A, p. 54.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), color ill. p. 133.
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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
66.985
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Wood, gesso, paint, glass, printed papers, metal rings, cork balls, metal rods, paper box, postage stamp, driftwood, stamped tin, and colored sand in glass-fronted wood box
Dimensions
5 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (14.4 x 22.4 x 8.0 cm)
