A Quality of Light, A Pattern Disrupted, A Motion, A Balance, A Contradiction
Joseph Cornell - “Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.”—Carl Schurz, Address, Faneuil Hall, Boston, April 18, 1859. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., c. 1957-1958. Mixed Media. (SAAM) Joseph Cornell Mixed media: painted and stained wood, glass, shells, driftwood, and paper, assembled, glued, and nailed17 3/8 x 12 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (44.2 x 32.7 x 8.9 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum


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