Joseph Cornell

Circe and Her Lovers (Surface and Volume in Nature)

c. 1965

Dating
Approximate
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
cut-and-pasted offset printed paper and paint on hardboard, in artist's frame
Dimensions
sheet: 22.86 × 30.48 cm (9 × 12 in.) framed: 31.91 × 39.53 × 5.72 cm (12 9/16 × 15 9/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
Collection no.
1976.21.1
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Circe and Her Lovers (Surface and Volume in Nature) — Joseph Cornell. c. 1965.

Medium: cut-and-pasted offset printed paper and paint on hardboard, in artist's frame.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 22.86 × 30.48 cm (9 × 12 in.) framed: 31.91 × 39.53 × 5.72 cm (12 9/16 × 15 9/16 × 2 1/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1976.21.1. Andrew W. Mellon Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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