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Joseph Cornell — Lead-clue to the Houdini Disappearing Elephant act
Joseph Cornell

Lead-clue to the Houdini Disappearing Elephant act

1967

Joseph Cornell's paper collage on Masonite that references the famous Houdini disappearing elephant illusion. The work combines found materials and imagery in Cornell's characteristic assemblage style.

Medium
paper collage laid on Masonite

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Joseph Cornell, Lead-clue to the Houdini Disappearing Elephant act, 1967

Joseph Cornell's paper collage on Masonite that references the famous Houdini disappearing elephant illusion. The work combines found materials and imagery in Cornell's characteristic assemblage style.

Medium
paper collage laid on Masonite
Year
1967
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Assemblage, Houdini, Collage, Paper, Surrealist, Found Objects

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Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago