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mid - 20th century

American, 1903-1972

Cornell came to know the Surrealists through exhibitions in New York in the early 1930s. By 1936 he was building boxes such as these composed of a variety of found materials, a pursuit that sustained him into the 1960s. There is a visual poetry to the best of Cornell's work that often includes disorienting shifts of scale, voyages to the stars, or nocturnal reveries.

Wood, Plexiglas, paper, paint, metal, rubber

11 1/2 x 19 1/16 x 4 3/8 in. (29.21 x 48.42 x 11.11 cm)

The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation

96.82

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "International Abstraction: Making Painting Real", May 2, 2003 - February 29, 2004

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