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Joseph Cornell    (American, 1903-1972)

 Joseph Cornell - Medusa Head in Algol (2C-20I) (Paintings) h: 12 x w: 9 in / h: 30.5 x w: 22.9 cm
Joseph Cornell
Medusa Head in Algol (2C-20I) 1960
 
 Joseph Cornell - Untitled (2C-158A) (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 12 x w: 9 in / h: 30.5 x w: 22.9 cm
Joseph Cornell
Untitled (2C-158A) 1960
 
 Joseph Cornell - Untitled (2C-159A) (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 12 x w: 9 in / h: 30.5 x w: 22.9 cm
Joseph Cornell
Untitled (2C-159A) 1960
 
 Joseph Cornell - Untitled (2C-20AAA) (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 11.9 x w: 9 in / h: 30.2 x w: 22.9 cm
Joseph Cornell
Untitled (2C-20AAA) circa 1960-1969
 
  

Biography
1903 Born Christmas Eve in Nyack, NY
1917 - 1921 Studies at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
1972 Died December 29th in Flushing, NY

Exhibitions
2008 Selections from the collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, Zwirner & Wirth, New York City, NY
2007 Cosmologies, James Cohan Gallery, New York City, NY
2006 Surrealism - Theater of the Mind, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
2005 Mapping Space, MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
2004 Under $2,000 Albers < Zaugg, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York City, NY
2003 "Game over," ANDREAS GRIMM - Munchen, Munich
2002 Collage - Abstract Expressionist & Pop, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY
2001 About Objects, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2000 Inside out: reality or fiction? Sean Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY
1999 Surrealism - The Two Private Eyes, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
1998 A Sense for Scale II. The Art of the Miniature, The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
1970 New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY
1967 Dada, Surrealism, and their Heritage, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1966 An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell, Pasadena Museum of Art Pasadena, CA
1966 Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
1962 Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1961 The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1953 Annual Survey Exhibition of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1952 Fifteen Americans, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1949 Work inspired by the ballet, La Lanterne Magique du Ballet Romantique, Hugo Gallery New York, NY
1939 Julien Levy Gallery New York, NY
1936 Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1935 American Painting and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th, & 20th Centuries, Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, CT
1932 Group exhibition. Surréalisme Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY
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