Untitled (Medici Prince)

c. 1953

Joseph Cornell

Associated Names
Joseph Cornell

Artist, American, 1903 - 1972

The sculpture appears to be a shadowbox featuring several images and objects. The back wall of the box is mostly occupied by a blue-tinted image of a man in a dark suit with a high ruffled collar, surrounded by a thin white border. There appear to be transparent vertical slats over the image, creating a grid pattern. On the left and right, this same image appears to have been reproduced multiple times in a much smaller size, with these smaller images stacked to form vertical columns. There is a horizontal glass shelf towards the bottom of the box, and on it rests a small orange spherical object. Below this shelf, on the bottom of the box, is a larger purple spherical object. These images and objects are surrounded by a dark brown frame carved with thin lines.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery 415


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    construction

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall: 43.2 x 27 x 11.2 cm (17 x 10 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.54.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Castelli Feigen Corcoran, New York); purchased 1982 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: repro. 74, 75.

1992

  • National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 270, repro.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 48, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63860931

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