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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Shadow Box

Item

Title (Dublin Core)
Shadow Box
Creator (Dublin Core)
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date (Dublin Core)
c. 1954-1956
Identifier (Dublin Core)
66.985
Medium (Dublin Core)
Wood (plant material), gesso, paint pigment, glass (material), photomechanical prints, metal, cork (bark), metal, paper, airmail stamps, driftwood, tin (metal), sand
Subject (Dublin Core)
Box making
Format (Dublin Core)
5 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (14.4 x 22.4 x 8.0 cm)
Provenance (Dublin Core)
Jh Purchased From Hanover Gallery, London 1964
Rights (Dublin Core)
Rights Unknown
Rights Holder (Dublin Core)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Type (Dublin Core)
Sculpture
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