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Joseph Cornell
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 40
Top works
- Hotel Lautréamont
- John Muir
- Imagine, Joseph Cornell
- Joseph Cornell, 1903-1972
- Joseph Cornell, cosmic travels
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Film & TV
Nyack, New York, USA
Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 – December 29, 1972) was an American artist and sculptor, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmmaker. He was largely self-taught in his artistic efforts, and improvised his own original style incorporating cast-off and discarded artifacts. He lived most of his…
Known for
- 365 Day Project — Self2007
- Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box — Self (archive footage)1991
- Cornell, 1965 — Self (archive footage)1978
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- Listeners
- 47
- Total plays
- 79
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Nyack
- Place of death
- New York City
- Educated at
- Phillips Academy
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christian Science
- Participant in
- Documenta 5
- Field of work
- assemblage
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- date of birth
- 1903-12-24
- date of death
- 1972-12-29
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- start of work period
- 1925-01-01
- end of work period
- 1972-01-01
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