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Maker(s):Cornell, Joseph
Culture:American (1903-1972)
Title:Tristesse Ballerinette
Date Made:1971
Type:Collage
Materials:Colored pencil, graphite, watercolor on paper
Place Made:North America; United States; New York; New York
Measurements:Frame: 15 15/16 in x 13 in x 1 1/2 in; 40.48125 cm x 33.02 cm x 3.81 cm; Sheet: 13 1/4 in x 9 in; 33.655 cm x 22.86 cm; Sight: 11 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 21.59 cm
Narrative Inscription:  On frame, incised in wood, on all four sides: MADE IN SWEDEN; on frame, upp. edge, written in pink chalk; "Tristesse Ballerinette "Apollonaire"; r. edge, written in pink chalk: "The Poet Assassinate"; lwr. edge, written in pink chalk (illegible) Julia Richmond High Aug 21 1971
Accession Number:  MH 2002.15.9
Credit Line:Gift of the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Paper collage on wood composed of pages of a text of literary criticism in Italian and two strips of paper with typewritten legends, reading "Tristesse Ballerinette" / THE POET ASSASSINATED / (Marie Laurencin) Guillaume Apollinaiire; and CORNELL pasted over a sheet of deep burgundy paper.

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