Joseph Cornell

Grand Hotel Bon Port
1952

A wooden crate is displayed on a white pedestal against a grey background. The crate is turned around to show its interior, which features a partial image of a woman's face, resembling the famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting, behind vertical wooden slats. Below the image, text is visible that reads "and Hotel BON PORT." The artwork gives an impression of being both a shipping crate and a frame, merging the concepts of transportation and art display.

A wooden crate is displayed on a white pedestal against a grey background. The crate is turned around to show its interior, which features a partial image of a woman's face, resembling the famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting, behind vertical wooden slats. Below the image, text is visible that reads "and Hotel BON PORT." The artwork gives an impression of being both a shipping crate and a frame, merging the concepts of transportation and art display.

On view
Floor 7

Date
1952

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted wood, paper, photolithographs on paper, glass, colored pencil, and metal hardware

Dimensions
Overall: 19 × 13 × 3 3/4in. (48.3 × 33 × 9.5 cm)

Accession number
2007.45a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Lindy and Edwin A. Bergman

Rights and reproductions
© The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/7504

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