Joseph Cornell

Works associated with Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) — American artist known for his assemblage boxes and collages, a key figure in Surrealism and the American avant-garde. Exhibition ephemera, printed matter, and documents referencing or issued in connection with Cornell’s practice.

  • Original 1990 Collages Surréalistes exhibition invitation, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris — cover reproducing Georges Hugnet, Le Sphinx du Moulin Vert, 1934: aerial black-and-white photograph of Paris with radiating boulevards, a single realistic eye with lashes montaged at centre. Original 1990 Collages Surréalistes vernissage insert, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris — recto printed in brown on cream stock with ZABRISKIE in vertical type at left margin; invitation text from Virginia Zabriskie for cocktail reception Tuesday 27 March 1990, 18h30, 37 rue Quincampoix, entry code 2457, 1er étage gauche.

    Collages Surréalistes — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, 1990

    Collages Surréalistes — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, 1990