Art of the 20th Century
Joseph Cornell
Joseph Cornell
(b Nyack, NY, 24 Dec 1903; d Flushing, NY, 29 Dec 1972).
American sculptor, film maker and writer. He studied from 1917 to 1921 at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. After leaving the Academy he took a job as a textile salesman for the William Whitman Company in New York, which he retained until 1931. During this time his interest in the arts developed greatly. Through art reviews and exhibitions he became acquainted with late 19th-century and contemporary art; he particularly admired the work of Odilon Redon. He also saw the exhibitions of American art organized by Alfred Stieglitz and became interested in Japanese art, especially that of Ando Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai. Following a ‘healing experience’ in 1925 he became a convert to Christian Science.
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Grand Hotel de la Boule D'Or
1950
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1954
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1954
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1952-55
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Central Park Carrousel, in Memoriam
1950
Colombier (Dovecote #2)
1950
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1954
Eclipsing binary, algol, with magnitude changes
Planet Set
1950
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1942
Object
1939
Circe-Surface and Volume in Nature
1965
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'Durer Self-Portrait', undated mixed-media collage
Duse
1967
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1972
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1972
La Ricordanza
1964
Sand Fountain
1948
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Americana: Natural Philosophy (What Makes the Weather?)
Envelope of "Jackie Lane Cinema"
1964
Goop Joe's (Hebrew Script) no. 16.
1932-1934
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The Storm that Never Came
Medusa Head in Algol (2C-20I)
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Interplanetary Navigation
Pocket Watch
1939
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1930
