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Hommage to the Romantic Ballet (Rosita Mauri's Revenge)
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Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Hommage to the Romantic Ballet (Rosita Mauri's Revenge)
paperboard construction-paper box, paper collage, glass, metal, ribbon, varnish, and sequins
1 3/8 x 3 x 3 in. (3.4 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm.)
Executed in 1941.
Hommage to the Romantic Ballet (Rosita Mauri's Revenge)
paperboard construction-paper box, paper collage, glass, metal, ribbon, varnish, and sequins
1 3/8 x 3 x 3 in. (3.4 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm.)
Executed in 1941.
Provenance
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1968
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1968
Literature
D. Ashton, A Joseph Cornell Album, Cambridge, MA, 1974, p. 28 (illustrated).
D. Waldman, Joseph Cornell, New York, 1977, pl. 59 (illustrated).
S. Leonard Starr, Joseph Cornell and the Ballet, New York, 1983, p. 55, pl. 30 (illustrated).
D. Waldman, Joseph Cornell, New York, 1977, pl. 59 (illustrated).
S. Leonard Starr, Joseph Cornell and the Ballet, New York, 1983, p. 55, pl. 30 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cornell in Chicago, November 1973-January 1974.
New York, Museum of Modern Art; London, Whitechapel Art Gallery; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Florence, Palazzo Vecchio; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Cornell, November 1980-March 1982, pl. 97 (illustrated).
New York, Museum of Modern Art; London, Whitechapel Art Gallery; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Florence, Palazzo Vecchio; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Cornell, November 1980-March 1982, pl. 97 (illustrated).
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