Joseph Cornell

1903–1972

1 WORK ONLINE OF 8 WORKS IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION

Celestial Navigation

c. 1958

Joseph Cornell, Celestial Navigation, c. 1958. Box construction with wood, glasses, marbles, plaster head, painted cork ball, metal rods, nails, paper collage, tempera, and painted glass, 9 5/8 × 16 1/4 × 4 in. (24.5 × 41.3 × 10.2 cm) overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 60th Anniversary Gift of Estée Lauder Inc.  92.24a-k
Art © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY