Joseph Cornell’s Manual of Marvels

How Joseph Cornell reinvented a French Agricultural Manual to create an American Masterpiece

Joseph Cornell, Analisa Leppanen-Guerra, Dickran Tashjian

Thames & Hudson, London & Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012

84,00

Joseph Cornell loved to meander through Manhattan’s secondhand bookstalls and antiquarian shops in search of books, old documents, and faded photographs. One day, he came upon a French agricultural manual, the Journal d’Agriculture Pratique, from 1911.

He took it home and began to work on the book, making cutouts through which one could view collaged elements, inserting images from old photographs, and tipping-in classic paintings and transparent overlays. In the process, Cornell reinvented the French manual as an American masterpiece.

Artikelnummer: 8514 Categorie:

ISBN: 9780500516492

160 pagina's, geïllustreerd, 25.5 x 17 cm, hardcover, Engels