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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Shadow Box

Item

Title
Shadow Box
Creator
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date
c. 1954-1956
Identifier
66.985
Medium
Wood (plant material), gesso, paint pigment, glass (material), photomechanical prints, metal, cork (bark), metal, paper, airmail stamps, driftwood, tin (metal), sand
Subject
Box making
Format
5 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (14.4 x 22.4 x 8.0 cm)
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Hanover Gallery, London 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