Carolee Schneemann Christmas card to Joseph Cornell

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Object Details

Creator

Schneemann, Carolee, 1939-

Cornell, Joseph

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 Christmas card : various media ; 12 x 8 cm.

Summary

Item is a commercially printed holiday card embellished by Carolee Schneemann. She added glitter to the cover, which features an image of a decorated Christmas tree.
On the interior she added a photograph of her cat, Kitch, and watercolor brush strokes.
Date is based on style of card.

Citation

Carolee Schneemann. Carolee Schneemann Christmas card to Joseph Cornell, circa 1960. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

circa 1960

Record number

(DSI-AAA)11798

Type

Correspondence

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Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Holidays

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_11798