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Joseph Cornell Biography
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1917 - 1921 |
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Studies at the Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
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Died: in Flushing, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Automaton, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (group)
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2008
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Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Selections from the collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY
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2007
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Joseph Cornell, Jirí Kolár, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Cosmologies, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
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2006
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Andromeda Hotel: The Art of Joseph Cornell, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (solo)
Surrealism - Theater of the Mind, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
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2005
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Joseph Cornell - Boxes and Collages, L&M Arts, New York, NY (solo)
Mapping Space, MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
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2004
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Under $2,000 Albers < Zaugg, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, NY
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2003 - 2004
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Joseph Cornell at the Hudson River Museum, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (solo)
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2003
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Joseph Cornell - Collages, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Joseph Cornell Collages, Jonathan Novak Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2002 - 2003
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Joseph Cornell: Toys, Objects, Box Constructions, Collages, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2002
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The Spirit of Joseph Cornell, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo)
Collage - Abstract Expressionist & Pop, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY
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2001
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About Objects, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
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2000
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Inside out: reality or fiction?, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
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1999
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Joseph Cornell, A Memoir, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA (solo)
Surrealism - The Two Private Eyes, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1998
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A Sense for Scale II. The Art of the Miniature, The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
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1970
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1967
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Dada, Surrealism, and their Heritage, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1966
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An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA (solo)
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1966
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Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1962
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Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1961
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The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1953
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Annual Survey Exhibition of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1952
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Fifteen Americans, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1949
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Work inspired by the ballet, La Lanterne Magique du Ballet Romantique, Hugo Gallery, New York, NY
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1939
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Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1936
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1935
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American Painting and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th, & 20th Centuries, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
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1932
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Surréalisme, Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
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| Literature |
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2008
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Wechsler, Jeffrey and Townsend Ludington. Image in the Box: From Cornell to Contemporary. New York, NY: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2008 (catalogue)
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2007
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Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe. Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007.
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1967
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Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell. New York, NY: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1967 (catalogue)
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1966
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Hopps, Walter, James Demetrion, preface; Fairfield Porter. An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell. Pasadenam CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1966 (catalogue)
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| Links to further information |
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