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The essential Joseph Cornell / Ingrid Schaffner.
LIBRA N6537.C66 S33 2003 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schaffner, Ingrid.
- Series:
- Essential series (Wonderland Press)
- Essential series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cornell, Joseph--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cornell, Joseph.
- Assemblage (Art)--United States.
- Assemblage (Art).
- Cornell, Joseph, 1903-1972.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Cornell, Joseph, 1903-1972.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
- Other Title:
- Joseph Cornell
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Wonderland Press : H.N. Abrams, 2003.
- Summary:
- Joseph Cornell, the American assemblage artist, was a quirky (but passionate) collector of bric-a-brac who used trinkets, scraps of paper, paint, and lots of glue to arrange imaginative worlds inside of glass-fronted wooden boxes and frames. Did you know that: Cornell's infatuation with movie stars inspired some of his most famous works, which he created as tributes to the women he adored from afar: Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo, and Marilyn Monroe; Cornell's genius lay in his transformation of everyday objects into enchanting realms; Cornell's loyalty to family led to his lifetime support of his mother and invalid brother, with whom he shared a modest house on Utopia Parkway in Queens, New York. 72 illustrations, including 47 plates in full color.
- Contents:
- Unpacking Joseph Cornell
- Poet of everyday life
- Perverse pleasure
- Five easy pieces = One essential factor
- Boyhood interrupted
- Hard knocks and daydreams: 1921-31
- Making toys for adults: 1932-40
- Utopia parkway
- Secret squirrel
- Working for the woman
- Passionate about photography
- Opening sensation
- Symbolist by nature
- Full-fledged collage artist: 1940-50
- Balletomane
- Year of the suitcase: 1942
- Cornell's "museum" of women and girls
- Look, but don't touch!
- Old age and grand pop: 1963-72
- Scattered remains of the day.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0810958333
- 9780810958333
- OCLC:
- 51993286
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