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Sculpture
The Admiral's Game
Joseph Cornell, 1903 - 1972
Cornell, Joseph
United States
1903 - 1972
Male
12 x 18 x 4 in. (30.5 x 45.7 x 10.2 cm)
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Mixed media
Mixed media
ca. 1950
1945
1955
1900-2000, 20th century, sculpture, still lifes
Sculpture
Romantic and enigmatic, Joseph Cornell’s boxes are filled with fragments of found materials. In The Admiral’s Game, the parallel rods that hold a pair of white balls might suggest a playful arcade game or the timeless and profound idea of an all-powerful creator setting the planets in motion.
Cornell made his highly symbolic and mysterious creations at the home that he shared with his mother and brother in Queens, New York. While Cornell was reclusive and essentially an outsider in the art world, his work influenced many important American artists, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Marcel Duchamp.
[Summer 2015]
1998.77
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Memorial Art Gallery
10/20/1999
98.77TR1
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98.77DI1
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Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
8/28/2000
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98.77TR2
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8 x 10
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6/4/2012
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Sculpture
Calligraphics
Isamu Noguchi, 1904 - 1988
Noguchi, Isamu
United States
1904 - 1988
Male
70 5/8 x 18 x 3 5/8 in. (179.4 x 45.7 x 9.2 cm)
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Iron, wood and rope
Iron, wood and rope
1957
1957
1957
1900-2000, 20th century, sculpture
Sculpture
Isamu Noguchi’s father was a Japanese poet and his mother was an American writer. Although he was born in California and lived much of his life in the U.S., Noguchi’s travels reflected his own East-West duality. The artist spent his childhood traveling throughout Japan with his mother. As a young man he went to Paris to study with the abstract sculptor Constantin Brancusi. In China, he studied the ancient art of calligraphy.
In the sleek, mid-century forms of Calligraphics, Noguchi combined his love of modern sculpture and calligraphy. The two shapes suggest abstract versions of Japanese characters: ni meaning “the sun” (like the red sun on the flag of Japan) and hon meaning “the origin” (perhaps his own).
[Summer 2015]
1960.2
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
60.2TR1
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60.2DI1
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Memorial Art Gallery
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2/5/2001
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60.2DI#3
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