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Mathematics in Nature, Circe and Her Lovers

ca. 1959

Joseph Cornell

American, 1903-1972

Collage of oil on Masonite and glass

8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (21 x 28.6 cm)

Overall h.: 12 1/2 in.

Overall w.: 15 1/2 in.

Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund

77.22

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Modern Art, N.Y.C., Nov. 12, 1980 - Jan. 20, 1981 (11/12/80-01/20/81), Whitechapel Gallery, London (03--2/81-04/12/81), Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, (05/04/81-06/14/81), Palazzo Pitti, Florence (07/06-81-09/13/81), Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (10/12/81-12/6/81), Art Institute of Chicago (01/12/82-03/21/82)

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

Published References"ACA Gallery, New York exhibit," in ARTNEWS, vol. 76, (December 1977), p. 133

McShine, Kynaston. "Joseph Cornell." Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1980, catalogue illustration #226

Elovich, Richard. "London and New York: Joseph Cornell Retrospective," in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 123, No. 937, Apr. 1981, p. 249, illus. p. 50, fig. 92

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