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Homage to the Romantic Ballet
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Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Homage to the Romantic Ballet
box construction-velvet, oil, wood, glass, paper collage, rhinestones, dried flowers, and tulle
1 7/8 x 4 5/8 x 3½ in. (4.7 x 11.7 x 8.8 cm.)
Executed in 1947.
Homage to the Romantic Ballet
box construction-velvet, oil, wood, glass, paper collage, rhinestones, dried flowers, and tulle
1 7/8 x 4 5/8 x 3½ in. (4.7 x 11.7 x 8.8 cm.)
Executed in 1947.
Provenance
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1968
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1968
Literature
D. Ashton, A Joseph Cornell Album, Cambridge, MA, 1974, p. 29 (illustrated).
D. Waldman, Joseph Cornell, New York, 1977, pl. 57 (illustrated).
S. Leonard Starr, Joseph Cornell and the Ballet, New York, 1983, p. 37, pl. 22 (illustrated).
D. Waldman, Joseph Cornell, New York, 1977, pl. 57 (illustrated).
S. Leonard Starr, Joseph Cornell and the Ballet, New York, 1983, p. 37, pl. 22 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cornell in Chicago, November 1973-January 1974 (illustrated).
New York, Joan Washburn Gallery, Through the Big End of the Opera Glass II: Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, February-March 1977.
New York, Joan Washburn Gallery, Through the Big End of the Opera Glass II: Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, February-March 1977.
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