Joseph Cornell American, 1903–1972
Untitled (Butterfly Habitat)
c. 1940
Joseph Cornell's 'Untitled (Habitat for a Butterfly)' (1940s–1950s) is one of his glass-fronted box constructions — a private universe of painted glass, paper butterflies, and celestial motifs that turns the natural-history vitrine into an intimate Surrealist poem. Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago