Joseph Cornell's Medici Slot Machine

Joseph Cornell's Medici Slot Machine joseph cornell medici slot machine 20100110 Joseph Cornell, Medici Slot Machine, 1942 Construction 15 12 x 12 x 4 38, New York, The Reis Family Collection Sources caveman bob slot Joseph Cornell Caravaggio Prince, Medici Slot Machine Variant, c 1950 Not on View Medium construction and collage Dimensions

caveman bob slot In real life, Joseph Cornell was a recluse who used his art to escape his family, his sterile suburban life, and his own psychological demons

bubblegum slot machine Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust offers an overview of the artist's career , surveying around 80 of Cornell's box constructions, assemblages, collages Many of his boxes, such as the famous Medici Slot Machine boxes, are interactive and are meant to be handled Like Kurt Schwitters, Cornell