Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in the Cinema
by: Jodi Hauptman

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 250 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Best-known for evocative box-constructions in which he assembled small objects and ephemera, American surrealist Joseph Cornell was also a devoted fan of the cinema. This book examines for the first time Cornell`s "portrait-homages," created to honor his favorite female movie stars-Hedy Lamarr, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo, Jennifer Jones, and others. Clean copy.