Joseph Cornell

by Linda Roscoe Hartigan, Carter Ratcliff, P. Adams Sitney, et al.

Book Overview

The most comprehensive survey of Cornell's work with detailed biography. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870702726
• ISBN13: 9780870702723
• Release Date: November 1980
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A decent overview of Joseph Cornell's work

There are only a handful of Joseph Cornell books and if you're a fan, you'll probably end up buying all of them. This one is a bit thin (especially for the original price) but does cover not only the boxes (that I, as others here, had discovered at the Art Institute of Chicago) but his other varied works as well. Film isn't covered as well as the visual arts though.

If You Like Cornell, You'll Like the Book

I've been a fan of Joseph Cornell ever since I discovered him at the Chicago Art Institute. But, like many of you, I thought all he did was shadowboxes. But, oh no. The rich illustrations showed me treatments, themes, and directions I had no idea the artist had ever worked in. The surprises were rather pleasant.