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Collections Online: Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell was a man of many talents, and during his sixty-nine years his artistic endeavors included short films, shadow boxes, colleges, and his well-known assemblages. After his death in 1972, his sister began the process of donating his personal papers and various effects to the Smithsonian Institution. Over the past few years, the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art have worked to place a number of these materials online. First-time visitors can read a brief biography of Cornell in the "About the Collection" area and then move on to the "View Collection" section. Users will find that the collection is arranged into eleven series, which include areas dedicated to his diaries and various ephemera. Some sections of note here include the seventh series which contains some of Cornell's later inkblot drawings and unfinished collages. Lastly, the second series here includes correspondence with artists who Cornell admired and collaborated with, such as Geraldine Page and Mark Rothko.
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February 2nd, 2007
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February 16th, 2007 at 8:31am
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February 20th, 2007 at 11:07am
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