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Birth
1903 (Nyack, New York)
Death
1972 (Flushing, New York)
Lived/Active
New York
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Often Known For
assemblage-boxes, collage
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Categories of Interest
Modernism
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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
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