Joseph Cornell, Flushing, N.Y. letter to Marcel Duchamp, New York, N.Y.

Object Details

Creator

Cornell, Joseph, 1903-1972

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Letter : 1 p. : typescript ; 28 x 22 cm.

Summary

Letter from Cornell presenting Duchamp with a thaumatrope, a toy which consists of a small disk of paper or cardboard with images on both sides and string attached to the parallel edges so that it can be spun, creating an optical illusion.
Two envelopes accompany the letter, one very small and blue and one standard letter-sized.
Presumably the small envelope originally held the thaumatrope, which is no longer present although Cornell has made a crayon rubbing of it on the verso of the letter.

Citation

Joseph Cornell. Joseph Cornell, Flushing, N.Y. letter to Marcel Duchamp, New York, N.Y., between 1955 and 1968. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

between 1955 and 1968

Record number

(DSI-AAA)11778

Type

Correspondence

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Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972

Archives of American Art

Record ID

AAADCD_item_11778

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