Collage of Tamara Toumanova dancing

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Object Details

Creator

Cornell, Joseph

Subject

Toumanova, Tamara

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Collage : 1 sheet : various media ; 22 x 27 cm.

Summary

Collage shows Tamara Toumanova dancing, her legs and costume made out of what looks like a constellation of stars or a mass of snowflakes.
Inscription (handwritten) beneath image: But the snowflakes, hard as diamond butterflies, [?] stopped in mid-air, like a net of stars that no one, not even Tamara can move among!

Citation

Joseph Cornell. Collage of Tamara Toumanova dancing, between 1940 and 1970. 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

between 1940 and 1970

Record number

(DSI-AAA)8179

Type

Artworks

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

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Ballet

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_8179