Untitled (Solar Set), (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes

Museum of Modern Art, "Joseph Cornell," New York, 1980.

Summary

Inset in box, five cordial glasses containing marbles, set against backdrop of printed maps and charts. At top of box, wire rings and two cylinders are suspended on metal bar. Bottom of the box has a pull out drawer which contains yellow sand, five metal balls, coin, wood fragment and shell. On verso, pages from French book headed DAVID.

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Date

Ca. 1956-1958

Control number

IAS 88070021

sculptor

Cornell, Joseph 1903-1972

Type

Sculptures-Box

Sculptures

Medium

Mixed media, including charts, diagrams, maps, metal rings, wood blocks, cordial glasses, cork, marbles, book pages, sand, a coin, and a shell

Topic

Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Astronomy

Record ID

siris_ari_304797

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