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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Untitled (Aviary with Yellow Birds)

Item

Title
Untitled (Aviary with Yellow Birds)
Creator
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date
ca. 1948
Identifier
13.7
Medium
Wood (plant material), cork (bark), paint pigment, cardboard, glass (material)
Subject
Box making
Format
21 1/8
Provenance
Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC, to 6 November 2013Gift in honor of James T. Demetrion, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1984-2001, by Robert and Aimee Lehrman, 2013
Rights
Rights Unknown
Rights Holder
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
Type
Sculpture
Site pages
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