Descriptions
Influenced by artists such as Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Cornell first started producing surreal collages in the 1930's. But in the 1940's began what is referred to as the 'Medici slot machines' series. His borrowed Renaissance images of young prince and princess's, together with contemporary objects and iconography comfortably inhabit the space given to them by Cornell. I consider Cornell's 'Medici slot machine' series to be his major work and intend to examine three of these box constructions.

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