Known as the reclusive surrealist of Utopia Parkway, Queens, Joseph Cornell did collages and box constructions in which images and objects convey an aura of mysterious innocence. In his will, he left... Read full biography
Known as the reclusive surrealist of Utopia Parkway, Queens, Joseph Cornell did collages and box constructions in which images and objects convey an aura of mysterious innocence. In his will, he left a foundation for making charitable grants from the sales of his art and returns on investments.... Read full biography
Known as the reclusive surrealist of Utopia Parkway, Queens, Joseph Cornell did collages and box constructions in which images and objects convey an aura of mysterious innocence. In his will, he left a foundation for making charitable grants from the sales of his art and returns on investments. Cornell was born in Nyack, New York and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He lived primarily in New York City from 1929. A collage album made by surrealist Max Ernst inspired Cornell... Read full biography
Known as the reclusive surrealist of Utopia Parkway, Queens, Joseph Cornell did collages and box constructions in which images and objects convey an aura of mysterious innocence. In his will, he left a foundation for making charitable grants from the sales of his art and returns on investments. Cornell was born in Nyack, New York and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He lived primarily in New York City from 1929. A collage album made by surrealist Max Ernst inspired Cornell to make his signature boxes, something he began in the early 1930s. He had no training for these objects that were filled with items such as thimbles, bells, sequins, theatre mementoes, and other everyday objects, some of them from the 19th century.... Read full biography
Known as the reclusive surrealist of Utopia Parkway, Queens, Joseph Cornell did collages and box constructions in which images and objects convey an aura of mysterious innocence. In his will, he left a foundation for making charitable grants from the sales of his art and returns on investments. Cornell was born in Nyack, New York and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He lived primarily in New York City from 1929. A collage album made by surrealist Max Ernst inspired Cornell to make his signature boxes, something he began in the early 1930s. He had no training for these objects that were filled with items such as thimbles, bells, sequins, theatre mementoes, and other everyday objects, some of them from the 19th century. The combinations challenged the viewers' imaginations because they had unusual juxtapositions and playe... Read full biography
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About Joseph Cornell: Books
Books & Publications (144)
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New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-century
2009
Perl, Jed
656 pages (color)
Image In The Box: From Cornell to Contemporary
2008
Ludington, Townsend and Wechsler, Jeffrey (Hollis Taggart Galleries)
126 pages (color)
Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination
2007
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
228 pages (color)
Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell
2006
Simic, Charles
88 pages (color)
The Joseph Cornell Box: Found Objects, Magical Worlds
2006
Sommers, Joan and Ascha Drake
0 pages
Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams
2006
Waldman, Diane
152 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
Joseph Cornell (Prestel Postcard Books)
2004
Prestel (author); Claudia Bauer (Editor)
30 pages (color)
Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell
2004
Solomon, Deborah
426 pages (color)
Joseph Cornell: Secrets in a Box
2003
Cornell, Joseph; Alison Baverstock
30 pages (color)
Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay...Eterniday
2003
Hartigan, Lynda; Richard Vine, Robert Lehman, Joseph Cornell
272 pages (color)
The Essential Joseph Cornell
2003
Schaffner, Ingrid
112 pages (color)
Joseph Cornell Master of Dreams
2002
Waldman, Diane
144 pages (color)
Art Enterprises: Selections from the Collection
2000
Skold, Stacey (compiler)
195 pages (color)
Joseph Cornell/Marcel Duchamp...Resonance
1999
Davidson, Susan; Lynda Hartigan, Ann Temkin, Walter Hopps, et. all
343 pages (color)
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Joseph Cornell Stargazing in the Cinema
1999
Hauptman, Jodi
0 pages (color)
Surrealist Art The Bergman Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Ades, Dawn
262 pages (color)
American Visions The Epic History of Art in America
1997
Hughes, Robert
635 pages (color)
Objects of Desire The Modern Still Life (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Rowell, Margit
232 pages (color)
Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell
1997
Solomon, Deborah
0 pages (color)
American Art From the Dicke Collection
1997
The Dayton Art Institute
264 pages (color)
Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Addison Gallery
512 pages (color)
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996
Demetrion, James T (Introduction)
166 pages (color)
American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (2 Vols)
1996
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin
877 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
A Boatload of Madmen Surrealism and American Avant-Garde 1920-1950
1995
Tashjian, Dickran
424 pages
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Sculpture An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1994
National Gallery of Art
283 pages
Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism (4 Volumes)
1993
Greenberg, Clement; Dr. John O'Brian, Editor
622 pages
American Art in the 20th Century Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993 (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Joachimides, Christos (others)
490 pages (color)
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection
1993
Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors)
414 pages (color)
A Nation's Legacy 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Columbus Museum of Art
198 pages (color)
Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970
1992
Seitz, William C
250 pages (color)
Betty Parsons Artist, Dealer, Collector
1991
Hall, Lee
192 pages (color)
Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991
Hoffman, Katherine
400 pages (color)
Breakthroughs Avant-Garde Artists in Europe & America 1950-1990
1991
Wexner Center, Ohio State U
310 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
American Painting
1990
Goddard, Donald; Robert Rosenblum (Intro)
319 pages (color)
Anecdotes of Modern Art From Rousseau to Warhol
1990
Hall, Donald/Pat C Wykes
377 pages
Nothing If Not Critical Selected Essays on Art and Artists
1990
Hughes, Robert
429 pages
Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, Cornell University (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Leavitt, Thomas (Intro); Richard Schwartz; Frank H.T. Rhodes
196 pages (color)
Pop Art A Continuing History
1990
Livingstone, Marco
271 pages (color)
High and Low Modern Art/Popular Culture (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Varnedoe, Kirk/Adam Gopnik
460 pages (color)
Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen
230 pages (color)
Reported Sightings Art Chronicles
1989
Ashbery, John
419 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Drawn from Tradition: American Drawings and Watercolors: From the Collection of Susan and Herbert Adler, Neuberger Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Weber, Bruce
185 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition)
1987
Feldman, Edmund Burke
528 pages (color)
Twentieth Century American Painting Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
1987
Levin, Gail
407 pages (color)
The Window in Twentieth Century A (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Delehanty, Suzanne
105 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Twentieth Century Artists on Art
1985
Ashton, Dore (Editor)
302 pages
Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts
290 pages (color)
Art, Design and the Modern Corporation (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Harris, Neil/Martina R Norelli
135 pages (color)
In the Mind's Eye Dada and Surrealism (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Neff, Ann R (editor)
240 pages (color)
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones
320 pages
The Museum of Modern Art, New York The History and the Collection
1984
Hunter, Sam
599 pages (color)
Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition
1984
Lucie-Smith, Edward
288 pages (color)
World Artists 1950-1980
1984
Marks, Claude
912 pages
Mary and William Sisler Collectio (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Naumann, Francis M
324 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection
1984
Severinghaus, J Walter
333 pages (color)
The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Museum of Contemporary Art
293 pages (color)
American Art Since 1945
1982
Ashton, Dore
224 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
An American Choice Muriel Kallis Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Lieberman, William (editor)
167 pages (color)
Tracking the Marvelous A Life in the New York Art World
1981
Myers, John Bernard
285 pages
Animals in American Art 1880's-1980's (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nassau County Museum
64 pages (color)
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
The Guggenheim Museum Collection Handbook/ 1900-1980
1980
Barnett, Vivian Endicott
526 pages (color)
Shock of the New: The Hundred Years History of American Art Its Rise, Dazzling Achievement, Its Fall
1980
Hughes, Robert
423 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
1979
Brown, Milton W (others)
616 pages (color)
Documents, Drawings, and Collages Fifty American Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Butler, Hiram (others)
123 pages
An American Bestiary
1979
Haverstock, Mary Sayre
248 pages (color)
The Spirit of Surrealism (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Henning, Edward B
186 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Grids Format and Image in 20th Century Art (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Krauss, Rosalind E
64 pages (color)
The Fine Arts in America
1979
Taylor, Joshua C
264 pages
Artists Look at Art (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Hennessey, William J
60 pages
Art About Art
1978
Lipman, Jean/Richard Marshall
176 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
Joseph Cornell
1977
Waldman, Diane
127 pages (color)
Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947 (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Wechsler, Jeffrey
116 pages (color)
200 Years of American Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Armstrong, Tom
336 pages (color)
The Art of America Since World War II
1976
Glubok, Shirley
48 pages
Modern Art and the Object A Century of Changing Values
1976
Johnson, Ellen H
240 pages
Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since1776
1976
Lipman, Jean/Helen M Franc
208 pages (color)
Twentieth Century American Drawin Three Avant-Garde Generations (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
125 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
History of Collage An Anthology of Collage, Assemblage & Event Sructures
1975
Wolfram, Eddie
192 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures
1974
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy
80 pages
Art in Boxes
1974
Mogelon, Alex; Norman Laliberte
240 pages (color)
A Concise History of Modern Sculpture
1974
Read, Herbert
310 pages (color)
Contemporary Art Exploring It's Roots and Development
1973
Johnson, Charlotte Buel
96 pages (color)
The Age of the Avant-Garde An Art Chronicle 1956-1972
1973
Kramer, Hilton
617 pages
American Masters
1973
O'Doherty, Brian
288 pages (color)
American Art Third Quarter Century (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Van Der Marck, Jan
138 pages (color)
The New York School A Cultural Reckoning
1972
Ashton, Dore
246 pages
American Art of the 20th Century
1972
Hunter, Sam
487 pages (color)
Eroticism in Contemporary Art
1972
Kahmen, Volker
282 pages (color)
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes)
1971
Bell, David
2,139 pages (color)
Icons and Images of the Sixties
1971
Calas, Nicolas and Elena
347 pages
Surrealist Art
1970
Alexandrian, Sarane
256 pages (color)
American Artists of the 1960's School of Fine Arts, Centenial Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Boston University
60 pages
L'art Vivant aux Etats-Unis (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Fondation Maeght
164 pages (color)
Guggenheim Museum Collection Selections from/1900-1970
1970
Guggenheim Museum
437 pages (color)
Art Today
1969
Faulkner, Ray; Edwin Ziegfeld
542 pages (color)
New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970 (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Geldzahler, Henry
494 pages (color)
Abstract & Surrealist Art in America
1969
Janis, Sidney
146 pages
The 1930's Painting & Sculpture in America (Exhibition catalog)