Artist Monograph

Joseph Cornell, American

American, 1903–1972

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	8	40%
Screenprint	4	20%
Other Media	3	15%
Drawing	1	5%
Engraving	1	5%
Oil Painting	1	5%
Gouache	1	5%
Photography	1	5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	12	60%
Painting & Sculpture	7	35%
Photography	1	5%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Classification Types

Drawing — 8
Sculpture — 7
Print — 4
Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	35%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	65%

Range: 4.8 cm → 59.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1951	1
1953	2
1968	1
1973	1
1977	4
1980	5
1981	1
1982	2
1984	1
2010	1
2014	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 705.1980	c. 1930s	Cut-and-pasted wood engravings on black paper on board	7 3/8 x 9 7/8" (18.9 x 25.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Fund
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 199.1982	c. 1932	Wire on paper-covered base with glass dome	1 7/8" (4.7 cm) high x 1 7/8" (4.7 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 4.80 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. R. Kirk Askew
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 200.1982	c. 1932	Spring and glass eye on metallic base with glass dome	2" (5.1 cm) high x 1 7/8" (4.8 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 4.80 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. R. Kirk Askew
Untitled Photograph Acc. 600.2010	1933	Cut-and-pasted photomechanical reproductions on cardstock	4 1/4 × 3 5/16" (10.8 × 8.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz
Object "Beehive" Sculpture Acc. 473.1953.a-b	1934	Painted wood box, printed papers, pins, brass thimble, cardboard, and copper screen	3 5/8 (9.2 cm) x 7 3/4" (19.7 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 19.69 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Taglioni's Jewel Casket Sculpture Acc. 474.1953	1940	Velvet-lined wooden box containing glass necklace, jewelry fragments, glass chips, and glass cubes resting in slots on glass	4 3/4 x 11 7/8 x 8 1/4" (12 x 30.2 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Untitled (Bébé Marie) Sculpture Acc. 682.1980	early 1940s	Papered and painted wood box, with painted corrugated cardboard bottom, containing doll in cloth dress and straw hat with cloth flowers, dried flowers, and twigs, flecked with paint	23 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 5 1/4" (59.7 x 31.5 x 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Object (Roses des vents) Sculpture Acc. 621.1973	1942-53	Wood box with compasses set into a wood tray containing small miscellaneous objects, with hinged lid lined with maps	2 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 10 3/8" (6.7 x 53.7 x 26.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 3.86 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Murphy Fund
Central Park Carrousel, in Memoriam Sculpture Acc. 5.1951	1950	Wood, mirror, wire netting, and paper	20 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 6 3/4" (51.4 x 36.8 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Katharine Cornell Fund
Bear with Angel Drawing Acc. 1527.1968	1953	Relief print with cut-and-pasted papers, and ink on paper	5 3/4 x 3 7/8" (14.6 x 9.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Constellation (Poem and collage for a Christmas card) Drawing Acc. 467.1980	1953	Ink on cut-and-pasted papers, typewriting, and foil on paper	10 5/8 x 8 1/2" (27 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Constellation (Project for a Christmas card) Drawing Acc. 466.1980	1953	Gouache and cut-and-pasted paper on board	14 x 9 1/8" (35.5 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Allegory of Innocence Drawing Acc. 464.1980	1956	Cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper on board in wood frame with colored glass	15 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 2 1/4" (38.5 x 31 x 5.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Portrait of the Artist's Daughter by Vigée-Lebrun Drawing Acc. 373.1984	c. 1960	Cut-and-pasted printed paper in wood frame with glass	14 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 2" (37.1 x 44.5 x 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Straus
Untitled (Home, Poor Heart) Drawing Acc. 465.1980	c. 1962	Cut-and-pasted printed paper and crayon in wood frame with blue glass	17 x 14 1/8 x 2" (43.2 x 35.8 x 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
Untitled (Teapot/Grand Hotel Couronne & Poste) Drawing Acc. 1077.2014	c. 1965	Cut-and-pasted printed paper and gelatin silver print, pencil, gouache, crayon, and ink on printed paper on board, in artist's frame	frame: 18 x 15 x 1 7/8" (45.7 x 38.1 x 4.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Elizabeth T. Hoard Bequest
Untitled (Derby Hat) from Prints for Phoenix House Print Acc. 415.1977.3	1972	Photogravure from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint	plate: 13 1/4 x 10 5/16" (33.7 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 x 14 7/8" (49.7 x 37.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke and Carolyn Alexander
Untitled (Hotel du Nord) from Prints for Phoenix House Print Acc. 415.1977.1	1972	Screenprint with stencil and varnish additions from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint	composition (irreg.): 14 15/16 x 11 1/4" (37.9 x 28.6 cm); sheet: 21 1/16 x 16 7/16" (53.5 x 41.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke and Carolyn Alexander
Untitled (How to Make a Rainbow) from Prints for Phoenix House Print Acc. 415.1977.2	1972	Screenprint with stencil and varnish additions from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint	composition: 14 1/2 x 10 15/16" (36.8 x 27.8cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2" (49.5 x 39.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke and Carolyn Alexander
Untitled (Landscape with Figure) from Prints for Phoenix House Print Acc. 415.1977.4	1972	Photogravure from a portfolio of three lithographs, two photogravures, two screenprints with stencil and varnish additions, one aquatint, one etching and aquatint, and one screenprint	plate: 13 x 10 1/8" (33 x 25.7cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 7/8" (49.1 x 37.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke and Carolyn Alexander