Joseph Cornell's Theater of the Mind: Selected Diaries, Letters, and Files

Cornell, Joseph, and Mary Ann Caws, ed.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Hardcover. Blue stamped paper boards, black cloth spine with gold gilt lettering, dustjacket with color illustration, 479 pp, bw illustrations. VG (minimal shelf wear on dustjacket, slight discoloration along textblock) Small stamp from previous owner/library on half-title page. Item #161143
ISBN: 9780500015445

"This book is the first extended selection of Cornell's diaries and other written material to be published, and from his writings Cornell emerges as a deeply dedicated and conscious artist, though one whose personality was every bit as unusual as many had perceived. Cornell used his diaries as he used his boxes, to capture and preserve his passing feelings, his momentary urges, and his anguished hesitations. He was an incessant and brilliant recorder of his thoughts as he considered his art, or traveled to New York to haunt antiquarian bookstores and shops where he collected material for his boxes." - from dustjacket.