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Object Details

Artist

Joseph Cornell, American, b. Nyack, New York, 1903–1972

Provenance

Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC, to 6 November 2013

Gift in honor of James T. Demetrion, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1984-2001, by Robert and Aimee Lehrman, 2013

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection," 16 October 2014-24 April 2016, 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, p. 184.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift in honor of James T. Demetrion, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1984-2001, by Robert and Aimee Lehrman, 2013

Date

(c. 1948)

Accession Number

13.7

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Wood, cork, paint, and cardboard in glass-faced wood box

Dimensions

21 1/8 × 15 × 6 3/8 in. (53.7 × 38.2 × 16.3 cm)

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School

Surrealism (American)

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f54f3f80-eac7-4dd1-a5f7-c85b3ef8ed6d

Record ID

hmsg_13.7