Homage to the Romantic Ballet
Joseph Cornell American, 1903–1972 · 1942

Homage to the Romantic Ballet

Joseph Cornell American, 1903–1972

Homage to the Romantic Ballet

1942

Joseph Cornell's 'Homage to the Romantic Ballet' (c. 1940s) is one of his small jewel-box assemblages: panes of blue glass, printed paper cut-outs of 19th-century ballerinas, and tiny galactic charts, all hermetically arranged behind the glass front. A private shrine to Cornell's lifelong romance with Taglioni, Cerrito, and the Romantic ballet tradition. Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition Venue

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