Exhibitions

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)

December 23, 1973 – June 2, 1974

Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC

2nd Floor

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Visit a birthday exhibition - Cornell was born on Christmas Eve - of works rarely or never shown, including 4 collages, 1 silk-screen print, and 20 assemblage sculptures (or box constructions). The latter are peopled with Renaissance figures and also include charts, china dolls, bits of games and butterfly wings.