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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Lunar Level #1

Item

Title
Lunar Level #1
Creator
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date
1958
Identifier
66.980
Medium
Wood (plant material), glass (material), paint pigment, photomechanical prints, metal, nails (fasteners), cork (bark), marble, Asteroidea (class), brads
Subject
Box making
Format
9 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (23.0 x 30.8 x 9.1 cm)
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles 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