Poetry in a box; Joseph Cornell transforms pieces into magical creations.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ART)

From: The Washington Times | Date: November 18, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Deborah K. Dietsch , SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) broke out of the box by staying in one.

For four decades, the American artist worked in the basement of his mother's home on Utopia Parkway in Queens, N.Y., to transform object-filled wooden containers into magical art. Like miniature storefronts, his glass-faced boxes draw our gaze to the carefully composed stuff inside their frames: soap-bubble pipes, marbles, wat...

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