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Joseph Cornell's theater of the mind : selected diaries, letters, and files

by Joseph Cornell, Mary Caws, John Ashbery

This volume presents a selection of diaries and correspondence documenting the artist's creative process and reflections. It features notes on his box constructions and interest in nineteenth-century theatre and opera alongside reproductions of his collage letters.

Accession 17174 ISBN 9780500015445 Publisher Thames & Hudson
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