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Joseph Cornell: Medici Slot-Machine 1942 Cornell based all of his assemblage work around found

The Medici Slot Machines are fascinating constructions that testify to the artist's encyclopedic knowledge of art history and his obsession with popular culture

wallet slot pg 20100110 Joseph Cornell, Medici Slot Machine, 1942 Construction 15 12 x 12 x 4 38, New York, The Reis Family Collection Sources

loose slot machines In real life, Joseph Cornell was a recluse who used his art to escape his family, his sterile suburban life, and his own psychological demons Bringing precise