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        <h1>Joseph Cornell (1903 – 1972)</h1>
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      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">We Perform Joseph Cornell art authentication. <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/appraisal/painting-appraisal.php">Joseph Cornell appraisal</a> from . <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication/certificate-of-authenticity.php">Joseph Cornell certificates of authenticity (COA)</a>.  Joseph Cornell analysis, <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication/provenance-research.php">research</a>, <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication/scientific-tests.php">scientific tests</a>, <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication.php">full art authentications</a>. We will help you sell your Joseph Cornell or we will sell it for you.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/1.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Fortune Telling Parrot (Parrot Music Box)<br>
        ca. 1937–38 Box construction, 16 1/16 x 8 3/4 x 6 11/16 inches (40.8 x 22.2 x 17 cm).<br>
        The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/2.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Setting for a Fairy Tale"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Setting for a Fairy Tale<br>
        1942 Box construction, 11 9/16 x 14 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches (29.4 x 36.6 x 9.9 cm)<br>
        The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/3.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Andromeda: Grand Hôtel de l'Observatoire"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Andromeda: Grand Hôtel de l’Observatoire<br>
        1954 Box construction, 18 5/16 x 12 15/16 x 3 7/8 inches (46.5 x 33 x 9.8 cm)<br>
        Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Joseph Cornell was an American artist, known for making Surrealist inspired assemblages that fit into boxes. Cornell was born in Nyack, New York to a family of dour children. When Cornell’s father died the family was forced to move to Queens, New York. Cornell left home for a short while to study at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, but left without graduating. Cornell returned to his mother’s house, where he lived for most of his life. Cornell’s brother, Robert also lived at home, who suffered form cerebral palsy. Cornell was notoriously shy and awkward in social circumstances. It is assumed Cornell was attracted to women, though he never had a serious relationship. Cornell was an adamant supporter of Christian Science and cherished the book, <em>Science and Health with Key to Scriptures</em>.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/4.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Space Object Box"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Space Object Box: “Little Bear, etc.”<br>
        motif mid-1950s–early 1960s Box construction, 11 x 17 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (28 x 44.5 x 13.3 cm).</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/5.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, La Duse"><br>
        La Duse</p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">1967 Gelatin silver print, mounted on panel 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3cm)<br>
        Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Cornell worked various jobs to support his family, first selling textiles and appliances before getting a job designing textiles. In the 1940s, Cornell did some graphic design work, creating the covers of <em>Harper’s Bazaar</em> and <em>View</em>, among other magazines. Cornell had to reserve his evenings to works on his assemblages, put together with objects that he found in his spare time. It was not until 1948, that Cornell had his first solo show, and his boxes began to sell. As Cornell became a more acknowledged artist he started working with filmmakers, such as Stan Brakhage and Larry Jordan, making short, silent films that referenced his assemblages.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/6.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Untitled (Schooner)" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Untitled (Schooner)<br>
        1931 Collage of photomechanical reproductions on paperboard mounted to paperboard 4 1/4 x 5 13/16 in. (10.8 x 14.7 cm)</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/7.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Sand Fountain" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Sand Fountain<br>
        (CA. 1957-1959) Gesso, oil, photomechanical reproductions, sand, mirror glass, drinking glass, and nails in glass-faced wood box 10 7/8 X 8 X 3 1/2 IN. (27.6 X 20.3 X 8.9 CM.)</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/8.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Suite de la Longitude" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Suite de la Longitude<br>
        (1955-1957) Painted wood, printed papers, glasses, marbles, cork, metal rings, ink wash, and pencil in glass-faced wood box 13 1/4 X 19 3/4 X 4 3/8 IN. (33.8 X 50.2 X 11.2 CM.)</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">While Cornell’s reputation as an artist grew, he remained reclusive and loyal to taking care of his brother. At certain points he hired young artists help him with his assemblages, while he focused on making collages and films. Cornell rarely showed his films in public after a confrontation with Salvador Dalí, who claimed Cornell was trying to steal his idea of combining film and collage. Cornell continued to make films, but concentrated on exhibiting his other work.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/9.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Hotel Goldene Sonne"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Hotel Goldene Sonne<br>
        1955-57 Box construction 12 7/8 x 9 ½ x 4 in</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/10.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Reentry from Space" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Reentry from Space<br>
        1950s Wood, paint, gesso, cork, ball, clay, pipe, plastic, paper, sand 10 x 16 ¼ x 3 7/8 in</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Many of Cornell’s assemblages were meant to be interactive, containing nostalgic finding s from thrift stores, photos, household objects, etc. Cornell created his own library of images and information in the form of a “dossiers”, which he could draw from when he started new project. While Cornell had no formal art training he studied independently and appreciated the work of the Symbolists, Transcendentalists, Surrealists and Constructivists.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/11.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, By Night with Torch and Spear"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">By Night with Torch and Spear<br>
        16mm print, color, silent, 9 min<br>
        Museum of Modern Art, New York</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/12.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, Bookstalls"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Bookstalls<br>
        Late 1930s 16mm print, color, silent, 11 min<br>
        Museum of Modern Art, New York</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/cornell/13.cornell.jpg" alt="Cornell, The Midnight Party"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Midnight Party<br>
        1938 16mm print, 4 min silent film<br>
        Museum of Modern Art, New York</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">After Cornell’s death his assemblages, dossiers, collages and films became a part of major museum collections in his home city of New York and around the world. Cornell’s work continues to inspire artists and filmmakers working today. Do you think you own a piece by Joseph Cornell? <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/contact/contact1.php">Contact us</a>. We are the experts on Joseph Cornell.</p>
     
      
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