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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Hotel Boule-D'Or

Item

Title
Hotel Boule-D'Or
Creator
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date
c. 1957
Identifier
66.987
Medium
Wood (plant material), gesso, fibrous composite, metallized glass, nails, metal, airmail stamps, photomechanical prints, varnish, colored pencils, tin (metal), glass (material)
Subject
Box making
Format
17 1/4 x 10 5/16 x 3 3/4 in. (43.8 x 26.3 x 9.6 cm)
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Ranells, Neil J., 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