Joseph Cornell

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, [1967]. First Edition. Large octavo with glossy white and yellow stapled wraps; 55 pages;illustrations (some color); 26 cm About near fine(-) to very good(+); crisp and clean; a tad toned at spine of wraps; neat ink inscription on front of wrap. Stapled wraps.

Catalogue of of Cornel's first major retrospective exhibition (the East Coast 'editoin', preceded by West Coast versoin, of what appears to be same curation) selected and presented by Diane Waldman at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May-June 1967. One of 2,000 printed. | "Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 – December 29, 1972) was an American visual artist and filmmaker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmmaker. He was largely self-taught in his artistic efforts, and improvised his own original style incorporating cast-off and discarded artifacts. He lived most of his life in relative physical isolation, caring for his mother and his disabled brother at home, but remained aware of and in contact with other contemporary artists." --Wikipedia