Object Details
- Creator
- Cornell, Joseph
- Subject
- Cornell, Joseph
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 6 artifact ; 11 x 25 cm (envelope)
- Summary
- Envelope containing five pieces of foil used by Cornell to create an impression of the rug at Robert Motherwell's rental home in the Hamptons.
Cornell created the rubbings to commemorate a moment in which he saw Maria Motherwell's cousin, Maria Luisa, sitting on the living room floor in the morning sunlight listening to Mozart.
Handwritten on envelope: Souvenirs from Keck White house; Bob Motherwell; Easthampton L.I. (Jericho Lane); Oct. 46; once contained imprint of rattan (?) rug - Citation
- Joseph Cornell. Joseph Cornell silver foil carpet rubbings, 1946 October. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1946 October
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)17886
- Type
- Artifacts
- See more items in
- Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972
- Archives of American Art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_17886
