Includes small box of gummed seals of animals, butterflies, birds, and flowers; box of colored chalk; and box marked "Round pcs doweling misc wood" with round wooden dowels of various lengths.
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Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes cardboard box marked "Flotsam #1" by Cornell with primarily driftwood and wood bits, but also assorted other materials. Other items include corks, compass, small blue-painted box with tags and metal inside, small hinged metal box with metal inside, etc.
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Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Don Baum, 1986 January 31-May 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
An interview of Don Baum conducted 1986 January 31 and May 13, by Sue Ann Kendall, for the Archives of American Art, in Chicago, Illinois.
Baum speaks about his childhood in Michigan; interests during his college years at Michigan State; classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; friendship with artists such as Miyoko Ito and Ethel Spears; the Institute of Design and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; faculty and classes at the University of Chicago; jam sessions at Gertrude Abercrombie's home; teaching at Roosevelt University; the influence of travel; June Leaf; Leon Golub; psychoanalysis and its influence on his work; collage; The Hyde Park Art Center; objects with a magical aura; writing and writers; dolls; the relationship of self to art; outsider art; transformation; Joseph Cornell; the Hairy Who artists; collectors; the Museum of Contemporary Art; the Illinois Arts Council; Chicago art and artists; and travel in Indonesia.
Biographical / Historical:
Don Baum (1922-2008) was a sculptor, assemblage artist, curator, and educator from Chicago, Illinois.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 23 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
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Patrons must use transcript.
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Eleanor Ward, 1972 February 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
An interview of Eleanor Ward conducted 1972 February 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Ward speaks of her family background and early interest in art; starting the Stable Gallery; the first Stable Annual Exhibition, 1953; Abstract Expressionist artists she showed; the success of the Stable Gallery's shows; her own collection; collectors; the gallery's move to 74th Street; the gallery scene in New York; finding new artists; the influence of critics; the reasons for the closing of the Stable Gallery. She recalls Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Cy Towmbly, Robert Indiana, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and other artists.
Biographical / Historical:
Eleanor Ward (1912-1984) was an art dealer from New York, N.Y. She founded the Stable Gallery.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 13 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
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Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Box measures 7 x 10 x 1 1/2 inches; wood blocks measure 1 3/4 x 1 x 7/8 inches.
Container:
Box OBJ
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes cardboard box marked "Rect. Blocks Compart. Boxes" by Cornell with 15 small rectangular wood blocks - 9 blocks are natural wood, 6 blocks are stained dark.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes wood drawer with loose glass cover and two small pegs for handles. Exterior is covered with old yellowed map, and interior is painted white.
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Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes wood object with two ledges 1 1/4 inches in width, grooves running horizontally, and collaged medallion on top.
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Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes cardboard box with numerous small square or rectangular blocks of wood (less than 1 inch square), many collaged with paper, some covered in foil, some with painted edges.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes cardboard box marked "Tresor de Gamin" in blue paint and "girls" in pencil by Cornell. The box contains 26 wood boxes, several white wood drawers, and pieces of wood. Some wood boxes have mesh, metal fragments, or other assorted items inside.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
This series is still undergoing processing. Contact collection repository for more information about materials not yet described here.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes open sided wood construction with 5 compartments and partially paper covered.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes wood construction stained blue, partially covered with map paper.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Includes masonite panel partially varnished and marked "Cass." by Cornell in white chalk.
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Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.