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Great Ideas of Western Man Series: Ideals Are Like Stars; You Will Not Succeed in Touching Them with Your Hands..., (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Cornell, Joseph 1903-1972  Search this
Medium:
Painted and stained wood, glass, shells.
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1984.124.71
Date:
Ca. 1957-1958
Notes:
National Museum of American Art, 1990.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Image on file.
unsigned
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Topic:
Figure male  Search this
Animal--Sheep  Search this
Animal--Goat  Search this
Allegory--Place--Extraterrestrial  Search this
Allegory--Other--Imagination  Search this
Control number:
IAS 08580263
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_31059