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Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) is appreciated for his creation of boxes that affirm the beauty and mystery of everyday objects and provide visual poetry for the flight of our imaginations. Joseph Cornell ranks among the 20th century’s most celebrated American artists and sculptors, particularly well-known for his surealist work in assemblage, as pictured below in Joseph Cornell’s shadow box, Untitled (Soap Bubble Set, Latitude and Longitude Box).In his later years, Cornell’s achievements included groundbreaking work in the world of experimental collage filmmaking.

His first solo exhibition in 1932 was titled Minutiae, Glass Bells, Coups d'Oeil, Jouet Surrealistes.He garnered enough respect as an artist that New York's Museum of Modern Art included one of Joseph Cornell's earliest shadow boxes Untitled (Soap Bubble Set) in the 1936 show Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism.

Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. "High and Low: Modern Art, Popular Culture," October 7, 1990–January 15, 1991, unnumbered cat. Joseph Cornell, American self-taught artist and filmmaker and one of the originators of the form of sculpture called assemblage, in which unlikely objects are joined in an unorthodox unity. Learn more about Cornell’s life and career.

Find more prominent pieces of installation at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. ABOUT THE ART. 78. Cornell, Joseph: Untitled (To Marguerite Blachas) Paper, silk, velvet, chain-link fencing, metal, synthetic hair and nacre Created circa 1960, the present work belongs to Cornell’s final series of boxes, known alternately as Space Objects and Celestial Navigations that he began in the late 1950s. He is known for his shadow boxes, collages, and films. Joseph Cornell Untitled (Landscape with Figure) from Prints for Phoenix House 1972 Joseph Cornell By Night with Torch and Spear n.d. Find more prominent pieces of installation at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. New York. Joseph Cornell Untitled (Big Ben), 1972 Print, photogravure on paper, 13 1/8 x 10 ¼ inches 2002.17.3 . - Joseph Cornell Drawing the viewer into the fantastical realm of Joseph Cornell’s universe, Untitled is an exquisite example of the trailblazing artist’s shadow boxes. Museum of Modern Art. (p. 47). See available sculpture, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist.

Cornell created his own pieces by placing glass bells over found objects.

Untitled (Soap Bubble Set) Made for the 1936 Museum of Modern Art exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, and Surrealism, this work was the first of Cornell's shadow boxes, containing many of the characteristic features of his signature art form. Cornell lacked any formal art training, but critics have seen in his creations signs of …