
Indirect Incognito
A dreamlike collage by Joseph Cornell, *Indirect Incognito* weaves together fragmented printed imagery with hand-abraded surfaces, creating a sense of mystery and layered memory. The tactile marks left by Cornell's abrasions interrupt and transform the printed colors beneath, blurring the boundary between found material and personal gesture. True to Cornell's signature sensibility, the work evokes a poetic sense of concealment and longing, as if familiar things have been rendered beautifully, intentionally unknowable.
- Medium
- Collage in colors with hand-abrasions, on wove paper,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
April 25, 2016
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