Joseph Cornell's dreams
By: edited with an introduction & appendices by Catherine Corman.
Contributors: Corman, Catherine.
Publisher: Exact Change; distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781878972415
Subjects: Cornell, Joseph -- Diaries; Cornell, Joseph -- Criticism and interpretation
Genres: Diaries
Other titles: Dreams.
Description: "Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) is known for the oneiric quality of his art and films. Some of our greatest poets have worked to describe the strange power of his boxes, toy-like constructions whose playfulness and humor are anchored in a profound melancholy and loneliness." "Catherine Corman has combed through Cornell's voluminous diaries, now in the care of the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, in search of the artist's own dreams. What she found are flashes of images and short, enigmatic narratives of illumination - the verbal equivalent of Cornell boxes."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.