Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)

Quiet Autumnal: Jeanne Eagels

细节
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Quiet Autumnal: Jeanne Eagels
signed, titled and dated 'Joseph Cornell 6-21-65 "Quiet Autumnal-Jeanne Eagels"' (on the reverse)
double sided--printed paper collage and colored pencils on paper on masonite
11¾ x 9 in. (30 x 22.8 cm.)
Executed in 1965.
来源
Acquired from the artist

拍品专文

Joseph Cornell often developed obsessive infatuations with starlets, dancers and celebrities. In the 1920s he saw the actress Jeanne Eagels perform and fell under her spell. Although she died in 1929, he would go on to make make numerous works with her in mind. In and around 1965 he created approximately a dozen works dedicated to the performer of which the present example is one.