Object (Abeilles) (Bees)
1940
Joseph Cornell
Artist, American, 1903 - 1972
East Building Upper Level, Gallery 415
Artwork overview
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Medium
box construction
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Credit Line
Collection of Robert and Aimee Lehrman, Washington, D.C., in honor of Jason Lehrman
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Dimensions
overall: 23.18 × 35.88 × 8.73 cm (9 1/8 × 14 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2023.124.14
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Fred Wiseman, Shirley and Walter Hopps; (Leo Castelli, New York); purchased 8 May 1991 by Robert Lehrman, Washington, DC; gift 2023 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell, Pasadena Art Museum, 1966-1967, no. 8, repro.
1980
Joseph Cornell, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1980-1981; Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1981; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, 1981; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1981; Musée de l'Art Moderne, Paris, 1981; Chicago Art Institute, 1982; Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, no. III, repro.
1982
Joseph Cornell: Art and Metaphysics, Leo Castelli Gallery; Richard L. Feigen and Company; James Corcoran Gallery; New York, 1982, no. 3, repro.
2007
Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 2007; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007-2008; no. 49, repro.
2015
Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust, Royal Academy of Art, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; 2015-2016, no. 29, repro.
Bibliography
1977
Waldman, Diane. Joseph Cornell. New York, 1977: 19, fig. 7.
1999
Hauptman, Jodi. Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in the Cinema. New Haven, 1999: 48-50, fig. 28.
2002
Waldman, Diane, Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams. New York, 2002: 37, repro.
2003
Baverstock, Alison. Joseph Cornell: Secrets in a Box. London, 2003: 9, repro.