Untitled (fossilized butterfly)

Joseph Cornell, Untitled (fossilized butterfly), n.d., collage, 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.280

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (fossilized butterfly)
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Mediums Description
collage
Subjects
  • Object — other — fossil
  • Animal — insect — butterfly
  • Animal — fish
Object Number
1991.155.280
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1991.155.280

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Dateca. 1972
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Peter Minchell, THE ENEMY FLED SEEING JUDITH WITH THE HEAD of HOLOFERNES, 1973, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.183
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Peter Minchell, Destruction of Atlantis, ca. 1972, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.182
Destruction of Atlantis
Artist
Dateca. 1972
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view

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