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Boxed: Joseph Cornell in the Hirshhorn Museum

Reentry From Space

Item

Title (Dublin Core)
Reentry From Space
Creator (Dublin Core)
Cornell, Joseph (American sculptor and filmmaker, 1903-1972)
Date (Dublin Core)
late 1950s
Identifier (Dublin Core)
66.988
Medium (Dublin Core)
Wood (plant material), paintpigment, gesso, cork (bark), clay pipe, metal, plastic (material), photomechanical prints, paper, sand, ink, glass (material)
Subject (Dublin Core)
Box making
Format (Dublin Core)
10 x 16 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (25.4 x 41.3 x 9.8 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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