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Little Mysteries of the Ballet (Homage to the Romantic Ballet) (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Cornell, Joseph 1903-1972  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Box
Sculptures
Date:
1941
Notes:
Museum of Modern Art, 1980, "Joseph Cornell."
Summary:
Box construction. Lid of box includes text: Little Mysteries of the Ballet/Into a souvenir-case guarding the sealed/treasure of costume fragments from "La/Spectre de la Rose." how explain the/instrusion of bejewelled and faded tokens/of a ballerine of an earlier day, accent-/ented with a renegade blone hairpin loose-/ed from (illegible in photograph) Cinderella/in her midnight haste.......Reward. In bottom of box, assorted objects including dried rose and hairpin.
Topic:
Allegory  Search this
Performing Arts--Dance--Ballet  Search this
Control number:
IAS 88070082
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_304858