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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Bootes

Item

Title
Bootes
Creator
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date
c. 1954-1956
Identifier
66.982
Medium
Photomechanical prints, metal, wood (plant material), pipe clay, metal, nails, gesso, glass (material)
Subject
Box making
Format
8 1/4 x 13 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. (21 x 33.3 x 9.2 cm)
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Krasner Gallery, Oscar, New York 1964
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