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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Hotel Boule-D'Or

Item

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