Artworks · Joseph Cornell

Untitled (Landscape with Figure) from Prints for Phoenix House

1972 · Photogravure from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint

plate: 13 x 10 1/8" (33 x 25.7cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 7/8" (49.1 x 37.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Prints for Phoenix House

1972 · Portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint

Various composition, plate and sheet dimensions.

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Hotel du Nord) from Prints for Phoenix House

1972 · Screenprint with stencil and varnish additions from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint

composition (irreg.): 14 15/16 x 11 1/4" (37.9 x 28.6 cm); sheet: 21 1/16 x 16 7/16" (53.5 x 41.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Derby Hat) from Prints for Phoenix House

1972 · Photogravure from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint

plate: 13 1/4 x 10 5/16" (33.7 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 x 14 7/8" (49.7 x 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (How to Make a Rainbow) from Prints for Phoenix House

1972 · Screenprint with stencil and varnish additions from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint

composition: 14 1/2 x 10 15/16" (36.8 x 27.8cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2" (49.5 x 39.4cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Penthesileia

1970 · Cut and pasted printed papers and photographs with scratching, orange and yellow crayon, and matte paint on wood panel

12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Guerre au Dentelles

1970 · Matte opaque paint and gesso with selectively applied glaze on board

8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (22.2 × 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled (Teapot/Grand Hotel Couronne & Poste)

1965 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and gelatin silver print, pencil, gouache, crayon, and ink on printed paper on board, in artist's frame

frame: 18 x 15 x 1 7/8" (45.7 x 38.1 x 4.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Home, Poor Heart)

1962 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and crayon in wood frame with blue glass

17 x 14 1/8 x 2" (43.2 x 35.8 x 5.1 cm)

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Portrait of the Artist's Daughter by Vigée-Lebrun

1960 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper in wood frame with glass

14 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 2" (37.1 x 44.5 x 5.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Homage to Blériot)

1956 · Box construction

47 × 28.6 × 12.1 cm (18 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of Innocence

1956 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper on board in wood frame with colored glass

15 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 2 1/4" (38.5 x 31 x 5.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Video

1955 · wood, glass, and found objects

Framed: 25 x 37 x 9.5 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.); Overall: 24.8 x 36.9 x 9.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled (Juan Gris Series, Le Soir)

1953 · Wood, paper collage, corkball, metal hoop, chain and mirror in glass and wood box construction

19 1/2 × 12 × 5 in. (49.5 × 30.5 × 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bear with Angel

1953 · Relief print with cut-and-pasted papers, and ink on paper

5 3/4 x 3 7/8" (14.6 x 9.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Constellation (Project for a Christmas card)

1953 · Gouache and cut-and-pasted paper on board

14 x 9 1/8" (35.5 x 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Constellation (Poem and collage for a Christmas card)

1953 · Ink on cut-and-pasted papers, typewriting, and foil on paper

10 5/8 x 8 1/2" (27 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Pharmacy)

1952 · Box construction: wood, glass, mirror, shells, sand, printed paper, coral, cork, feather, metal, and liquid

14 3/8 × 13 3/8 × 5 11/16 in., 14.7 lb. (36.5 × 34 × 14.4 cm, 6.7 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled (to Leo Lerman)

1951 · Cut and pasted hand-colored photograph, mounted to wood construction

10 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 3 1/2 in., 0.9 lb. (27.6 × 20.6 × 8.9 cm, 0.4 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Penny Arcade Machine

1950 · Box construction: wood, glass, mirror, and printed paper

18 × 12 1/4 × 4 1/4 in., 10.3 lb. (45.7 × 31.1 × 10.8 cm, 4.7 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Central Park Carrousel, in Memoriam

1950 · Wood, mirror, wire netting, and paper

20 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 6 3/4" (51.4 x 36.8 x 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hotel Dominici

1948 · Box construction: painted wood, printed paper, glass

18 1/8 × 11 7/8 × 4 7/16 in., 6.2 lb. (46 × 30.2 × 11.2 cm, 2.8 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nouveaux Contes de Fées (New Fairy Tales)

1948 · Box construction

32.1 × 26.1 × 15 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Sand Box)

1944 · Glass-paned, painted wood box with black sand, metal ring, and ball bearings

26 × 18.1 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Glass top within frame is: 23.2 × 15.2 × 4.8 cm (9 1/8 × 6 × 1 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Object (Roses des vents)

1942 · Wood box with compasses set into a wood tray containing small miscellaneous objects, with hinged lid lined with maps

2 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 10 3/8" (6.7 x 53.7 x 26.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Soap Bubble Set

1940 · Wood, glass, paper, metal, and shell

34.3 × 48.3 × 7.6 cm (13 1/2 × 19 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Taglioni's Jewel Casket

1940 · Velvet-lined wooden box containing glass necklace, jewelry fragments, glass chips, and glass cubes resting in slots on glass

4 3/4 x 11 7/8 x 8 1/4" (12 x 30.2 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Object "Beehive"

1934 · Painted wood box, printed papers, pins, brass thimble, cardboard, and copper screen

3 5/8 (9.2 cm) x 7 3/4" (19.7 cm) in diameter

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Untitled

1933 · Cut-and-pasted photomechanical reproductions on cardstock

4 1/4 × 3 5/16" (10.8 × 8.4 cm)

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Untitled

1932 · Spring and glass eye on metallic base with glass dome

2" (5.1 cm) high x 1 7/8" (4.8 cm) in diameter

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Untitled

1932 · Wire on paper-covered base with glass dome

1 7/8" (4.7 cm) high x 1 7/8" (4.7 cm) in diameter

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Untitled (Bébé Marie)

Papered and painted wood box, with painted corrugated cardboard bottom, containing doll in cloth dress and straw hat with cloth flowers, dried flowers, and twigs, flecked with paint

23 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 5 1/4" (59.7 x 31.5 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

Cut-and-pasted wood engravings on black paper on board

7 3/8 x 9 7/8" (18.9 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art