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    Taglioni's Jewel Casket, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cornell, Joseph, 1903-1972, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Taglioni's Jewel Casket, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1940.
    Medium: 
    Mixed media.
    Dimensions: 
    4 3/4 x 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (12.1 x 30.2 x 21 cm.).
    Inscription: 
    (Signed on plaque on inside of lid:) Joseph CORNELL signed
    Description: 
    Box construction with necklace of glass stones hanging in lid. Upper tier, lined with brown velvet, contains 3 rows of 4 glass cubes resting in slots on blue glass. When cubes are removed, lower part of box, lined with mirror and divided by blue glass into 2 levels, is visible. Upper level contains glass necklace, lower level contains jewelry fragments and red, blue, and clear glass chips. Lid interior also contains inscription of Taglioni's legend.
    Subject: 
    Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry
    Allegory
    Homage -- Taglioni, Marie
    Performing Arts -- Dance -- Ballet
    Object Type: 
    Box
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, New York 10019 Accession Number: 474.53
    Provenance: 
    Gift of Soby, James Thrall,
    Exhibitions: 
    Joseph Cornell, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1980-1981.
    References: 
    Museum of Modern Art, 1989.
    Museum of Modern Art, "Joseph Cornell," New York, 1980.
    Museum of Modern Art, "Joseph Cornell," New York, 1980.
    Illustration: 
    Museum of Modern Art, "Joseph Cornell," New York, 1980, figure 87.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 36240130
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