Art Works

Object Details

Sponsor: Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Collection Citation: Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement note: Some art work can also be found amongst correspondence. For Walter De Maria's portfolio, Chicago Project, 1968, see the Walter De Maria correspondence file.

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Existence and Location of Copies: This bulk of this series has been scanned with the exception of the box by Christine Kaufman.

Scope and Contents note: Series consists of several unfinished collages and Rorschachs (or ink blot drawings) by Cornell, two collages by his sister, Betty Cornell Benton (who signed her work as Betty Voohr), on which Cornell collaborated by adding images, and a box by Christine Kaufman (wife of the actor, Tony Curtis), which was a gift to Cornell.

Collection Restrictions: Use of the original papers requires an appointment.