Joseph Cornell Master of Dreams

by Waldman, Diane

• ISBN13: 9780810992528
• ISBN10: 0810992523
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

Out of the fantasies that enriched an often reclusive life, the enigmatic American artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) created a world of enchantment with his famed shadow boxes and collages. Using common objects like glasses, marbles, and mirrors, Cornell's work evokes the strangeness of the familiar and the odd familiarity of the strange. Respected art historian and friend of the artist Diane Waldman probes the elusive imagery that marks Cornell's work. Interviews with Cornell and his family and access to the artist's papers inform her text. This richly illustrated book, now available in paperback, is one of the few to cover his entire career.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(3)
Acknowledgments	9	(1)
Introduction	10	(4)
1 THE EARLY YEARS	14	(20)
2 THE 1940's	34	(22)
3 THE ROMANTIC BALLET	56	(12)
4 THE MEDICI SERIES	68	(10)
5 PORTRAITS OF WOMEN	78	(10)
6 THE AVIARY SERIES	88	(16)
7 THE 1950's—THE COSMOGONY OF CORNELL	104	(16)
8 EXPERIMENTS IN FILM	120	(6)
9 THE LATE COLLAGES	126	(12)
Conclusion	138	(3)
Noted	141	(1)
Chronology	142	(5)
Bibliography	147	(2)
Index	149	(3)
Credits	152