A Convergence of Birds [antikvár]

Respomse amd CallLetters were writtem. Stamps were licked, envelopes addressed, mailboxes fed like starving animals. "children's preview of the exllibition joseph cornellcollages and boxes." It was to be his first museum show dedicated to children, and the last show of his life.Hundreds went that spring, 1972. Many were entranced by Comell's works (which were displayed only a few feet off of the ground), and many by the chocolate cake that was passed about on plastic platters. Some cried, some fell asleep on the parquet, and some left with "party favors"complimentary posters, signed by Cornell.Fifteen years later, a young woman received one of these posters in the mail. It was from an ex-lover she hadn't thought about since college. Just above Cornell's signature he had written: I love this. You will love this. When the young woman died in a car accident the following summer, the poster was rolled up and forgotten about.1992: The young woman's brother asked a friend (who would, years later, become a friend of mine) if he would help him sift through a roomful of boxes in an Upstate storage facility. It was time to save