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Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)  


Professions: Collage Artist

Biography

(b Nyack, NY, 24 Dec 1903; d Flushing, NY, 29 Dec 1972). American sculptor, film maker and writer. He studied from 1917 to 1921 at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. After leaving the Academy he took a job as a textile salesman for the William Whitman Company in New York, which he retained until 1931. During this time his interest in the arts developed greatly. Through art reviews and exhibitions he became acquainted with late ... (view more)

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Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)

1/12/2009
Location: United States of America
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Literature: Books and Other References on Cornell

'Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay...Eterniday'
by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Richard Vine, Robert Lehrman, Joseph Cornell, Walter Hopps
'Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination'
by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan
'Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in the Cinema (Yale Publications in the History of Art)'
by Jodi Hauptman
'Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams'
by Diane Waldman

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Web Resources with information about Cornell - 12

Guggenheim Collection - Artist - Cornell - Biography
Joseph Cornell ; Design by Tha DeMana
Joseph Cornell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Contemporary Museum - Level Two
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Woodland Pattern > Experimental Film and Video
Joseph Cornell - Collections Online - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Inst
BBC - h2g2 - 'Rose Hobart' - a Film by Joseph Cornell
MoMA.org | The Collection | Joseph Cornell. (American, 1903-1972)
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) : Library of Congress Citations
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Joseph Cornell