<em>From the Slipper of a Sylphide:</em> A Box by Joseph Cornell

Abstract

Elizabeth Welch, PhD Candidate, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin The box commemorates, nearly to the day, the ninth anniversary of Cornell’s relationship with [Lillian] Moore, encapsulating a bit of the sparkle that she had lent to him with her positive response to his early ballet work.

Keywords

• 4.1
• elizabeth welch
• joseph cornell
• lillian moore
• lincoln kirstein
• marie taglioni
• performance studies