Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
    in my robe on the doorstep
surprised by the morning moon
Kimono-shaped comforterEdo Period, 19th CenturyIndigo dyeingCotton
Crane pattern dyed on hemp cloth (detail)Edo PeriodFrom Mikawa, Ishikawa Prefecture Beautiful aizome (Japanese indigo dye ) cotton cloth decorated with auspicious motives of crane, turtle and sho-chiku-bai (pine, bamboo, plum blossoms) in katazome (stencil dye). http://www.asianartbykyoko.com/items/638603/item638603store.html#item
folengo: http://www.n8w.com/wp/6423
Japanese Indigo Patterns from: “Japan Blue.” link
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Naiad), ca. 1962-1965; collage; photographic reproduction, printed paper, and ink wash, 15 3/16 in. x 12 1/4 in. (38.58 cm x 31.12 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation; © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/1456##ixzz1fNYBAIkd San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (from the Crackalure Panel series), 1965; collage; tempered enamel with glazes on Masonite, 13 1/4 in. x 16 1/4 in. (33.66 cm x 41.28 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation; © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/16435##ixzz1fNXi8yYX San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Joseph Cornell

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Joseph CORNELL 1903 United States of America – 1972 Les caprices de Gizelle [Gizelle’s caprices] 1947 box construction 23.0 h x 21.0 w x 10.8 d cm Purchased 1980 Accession No: NGA 81.1332 © Joseph Cornell/VAGA. Licensed by Viscopy
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