With affection and critical respect, a celebrated art historian has gathered an unprecedented wealth of material about the shy but immensely influential artist

Cornell (1903-1972), the American assemblage artist, was a quirky but passionate collector of bric-a-brac who used trinkets, scraps of paper, paint, and lots of

This book examines for the first time Cornell's "portrait-homages" to these actresses, Hedy Lamarr, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo, and Jennifer Jones, among others

Edited and Introduction by Catherine Corman.