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Radar Astronomy

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Description: Radar Astronomy
TitleRadar Astronomy
Creator nameCornell, Joseph
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 1952–1956
Object typeOther
MaterialsBox construction
LocationNew Orleans Museum of Art
https:/­/­noma.org/­collection/­radar-astronomy/­
Accession number86.174
SubjectsAssemblage (Art)Surrealism--United StatesAstronomy in art
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Chapter VI. The Science of the Stars
Kirsten Hoving
Description: Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars
Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars
~DURING THE 1930S COSMOLOGICAL QUESTIONS about the size and shape, creation, and age of the universe preoccupied scientists and filtered down to the general public. The expanding “soap bubble” universe, the implications of Einstein’s theories...
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Kirsten Hoving
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 2009 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.158-201
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Chapter subject tags:Cornell, JosephAstronomy in artArt and science--United States--20th centuryAssemblage (Art)--United States--20th centuryCollage, American--20th centuryConstellations in art

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Description: Etant donnés: 1. la chute d'eau; 2. le gaz d'éclairage (Given: 1. The...
Etant donnés: 1. la chute d'eau; 2. le gaz d'éclairage (Given: 1. The Waterfall; 2. The Illuminating Gas), exterior view
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 12
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1946–1966
Object typeInstallation
MaterialsMixed media assemblage: (exterior) wooden door, iron nails, bricks, and stucco; (interior) bricks, velvet, wood, parchment over an armature of lead, steel, brass, synthetic putties and adhesives, aluminum sheet, welded steel-wire screen, and wood; Peg-Board, hair, oil paint, plastic, steel binder clips, plastic clothespins, twigs, leaves, glass, plywood, brass piano hinge, nails, screws, cotton, collotype prints, acrylic varnish, chalk, graphite, paper, cardboard, tape, pen ink, electric light fixtures, gas lamp (Bec Auer type), foam rubber, cork, electric motor, cookie tin, and linoleum
Dimensions95 1/2 × 70 × 49 in. (242.6 × 177.8 × 124.5 cm)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/65633.html
Accession number1969-41-1
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 10
Creator nameDominguez, Oscar
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1936
Object typePainting
MaterialsGouache transfer (decalcomania) on paper
Dimensions35.9 × 29.2 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/37018
Accession number458.1937
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