Joseph Cornell: Brownies and Cherry Coke

A Joseph Cornell Exhibition for Children, arranged by Dore Ashton, Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, February 10 March 2, 1972 (images from A Joseph Cornell Album, Dore Ashton, Viking Press, 1974 photo essay by Denise Hare)

Cornell exhibited 26 boxes and collages.The works were hung at child's-eye level, no more than 3 feet off the ground.Brownies and Cherry Coke were served at the afternoon reception. Cornell gave the children a tour of the show and enthusiastically answered questions. This was the last exhibition Cornell attended before his death.