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Joseph Cornell
United States 1903-1972.

Joseph Cornell had an enormous impact on subsequent artists. He was admired by many of the Abstract Expressionists for his interest in mythology and the cosmos and his evocation of vast space, even though his work did not resemble theirs. His work was subsequently recognized by Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and the Pop artists for its use of common objects and commercial imagery.

A A New Scale of Stellar Distances not dated
Mixed media box construction
9-3/8 x 15 x 4-5/16 inches

Collection Miami Art Museum, gift of
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation

Untitled (elaborately scrolled clock, flowers, horn, mirror), not dated
Collage on board
16-1/16 x 13-1/16 x 2-7/8 inches, framed

Collection Miami Art Museum, gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation