Untitled (Sand Box)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Joseph Cornell

Title

Untitled (Sand Box)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1944

Medium

Glass-paned, painted wood box with black sand, metal ring, and ball bearings

Dimensions

26 × 18.1 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Glass top within frame is: 23.2 × 15.2 × 4.8 cm (9 1/8 × 6 × 1 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank B. Hubachek

Reference Number

1951.201

Copyright

© The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

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