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Joseph Cornell

TRACES: Joseph Cornell

Today is the occasion to bear in mind, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage, Joseph Cornel (24/12/1903-29/12/1972). He had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly distinctive “boxes”. These are simple boxes, usually glass-fronted, in which he arranged surprising collections …

Left: Joseph Cornell, A Dressing Room for Gille, 1939, Glazed wooden box, wood panel cover, paint, mirror, cork, printed paper collage, cotton thread, textiles, ribbon tape, 15 x 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches (38.1 x 21.9 x 17 cm), Richard L. Feigen Collection, © 2025 The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Owen Conway, Courtesy Gagosian Right: Joseph Cornell, Pharmacy, 1943, Glass-paned wood cabinet, marbled paper, mirror, glass shelves, and twenty glass bottles containing various paper cuttings (crêpe, tissue, printed engravings, and maps), colored sand, pigment, colored aluminum foil, feathers, paper butterfly wing, dried leaf, glass marble, fibers, driftwood, wood marbles, glass rods, beads, seashells, crystals, stone, wood shavings, sawdust, sulfate, copper, wire, fruit pits, paint, water, and cork, 15 1/4 x 12 x 3 1/8 inches (38.7 x 30.5 x 7.9 cm), © 2025 The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Dominique Uldry, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES: Paris-Joseph Cornell

From a New York basement, Joseph Cornell transformed everyday finds into some of the 20th century’s most poetic artworks. Rarely travelling, he …

A Parrot for Juan Gris, © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

ART CITIES:N.York-Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornel had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly distinctive “boxes”. These are simple boxes, …