Untitled (Butterfly Fantasy with Tamara Toumanova)

Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Butterfly Fantasy with Tamara Toumanova), ca. 1940, collage and tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.58.37
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Butterfly Fantasy with Tamara Toumanova), ca. 1940, collage and tempera on paperboard, 22 x 13 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.58.37

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (Butterfly Fantasy with Tamara Toumanova)
Artist
Date
ca. 1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
22 x 13 in.
Credit Line
Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Mediums Description
collage and tempera on paperboard
Subjects
  • Performing arts — dance — ballet
  • Fantasy — animal — insect
  • Portrait female — Toumanova, Tamara — full length
Object Number
2002.58.37
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2002.58.37

Works by this artist (10 items)

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Joseph C. Claghorn, A Florida Park, before 1935, oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph C. Claghorn, 1970.320
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Joseph C. Claghorn, A Flemish Lady, n.d., softground etching and etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Constance Claghorn, 1971.97
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Daten.d.
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Joseph C. Claghorn, On Deerfield Street (Old House at Deerfield), n.d., etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Constance Claghorn, 1971.94
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Daten.d.
etching on paper
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Joseph C. Claghorn, (Nude Woman Fixing Her Hair), n.d., steel-faced copper etching plate, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Constance Claghorn, 1971.100
(Nude Woman Fixing Her Hair)
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Daten.d.
steel-faced copper etching plate
Not on view

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