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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Sand Fountain

Item

Title
Sand Fountain
Creator
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date
ca. 1955-1957
Identifier
66.978
Medium
Gesso, oil paint, photomechanical prints, sand, metallized glass, drinking glasses, nails (fasteners), glass (material)
Subject
Box making
Format
10 7/8 x 8 x 3 1/2 in. (27.6 x 20.3 x 8.9 cm)
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Streep, Jon N., New York 1961
Rights
Rights Unknown
Rights Holder
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Type
Sculpture
Site pages
The Objects