DOROTHEA TANNING (1910 – 2012)


This website aims to serve as an introduction and tribute
to Dorothea Tanning’s extraordinary life and work as both
a visual artist and a poet.  It is an ongoing project of
The Dorothea Tanning Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving the artist’s legacy.
 

Exhibitions


"Dorothea Tanning/Run: Multiples—The Printed Oeuvre," Gallery of Surrealism, New York, a survey of the artist's prints that includes late works exhibited for the first time, has been extended through May 21.

Upcoming: 


"The Encyclopedic Palace," 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, June 1 - November 24, 2013, featuring Self-Portrait (1944) and The Truth About Comets (1945)

"Georges Visat, el ojo surrealista Paris 1940-1990,” Mexico Munae (museo nacional de la estampa), Mexico City, August 8 to November 24, 2013.

"El Surrealismo y el sueño (Surrealism and the Dream)," Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, October 8, 2013 - January 12, 2014.

"Joseph Cornell and the Surrealists in New York," Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon, October 18, 2013 - February 10, 2014.


Publications


Gallery Wendi Norris has published a fully illustrated, 80-page catalogue for the exhibition "Dorothea Tanning: Unknown but Knowable States" with an essay by Catriona McAra, PhD.  


Dorothea Tanning on artnet Monographs


 The Dorothea Tanning catalogue is part of artnet.com's Monographs series, a free online educational resource.


Birthday, 1942
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<i>Birthday</i>
Chiens de Cythère (Dogs of Cythera), 1963
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<i>Chiens de Cythère (Dogs of Cythera)</i>
Notes for an Apocalypse, 1978
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<i>Notes for an Apocalypse</i>
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1943
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<i>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</i>
Interior with Sudden Joy, 1951
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<i>Interior with Sudden Joy</i>
Même les jeunes filles (Even the Young Girls), 1966
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<i>Même les jeunes filles (Even the Young Girls)</i>
Maternity V, 1980
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<i>Maternity V</i>
Maternity, 1947
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<i>Maternity</i>
Midi et demi (Half Past Noon), 1957
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<i>Midi et demi (Half Past Noon)</i>
Insomnies (Insomnias), 1957
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<i>Insomnies (Insomnias)</i>
Glad Nude with Paws, 1978
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<i>Glad Nude with Paws</i>
Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202 (Poppy Hotel, Room 202), 1973
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<i>Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202 (Poppy Hotel, Room 202)</i>
Hotel, 1988
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<i>Hotel</i>
Musical Chairs, 1951
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<i>Musical Chairs</i>
Evening in Sedona, 1976
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<i>Evening in Sedona</i>
Children's Games, 1942
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<i>Children's Games</i>
Self-Portrait, 1944
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<i>Self-Portrait</i>
Still in the Studio, 1979
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<i>Still in the Studio</i>
Xmas, 1969
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<i>Xmas</i>
L'Education sentimentale (Sentimental Education), 1988
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<i>L'Education sentimentale (Sentimental Education)</i>
Portrait de famille (Family Portrait), 1954
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<i>Portrait de famille (Family Portrait)</i>
Woman Artist, Nude, Standing, 1987
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<i>Woman Artist, Nude, Standing</i>
Table Tragique (Tragic Table) from Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1973
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<i>Table Tragique (Tragic Table) </i>from <i>Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202</i>
On Time Off Time, 1948
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<i>On Time Off Time</i>
Door 84, 1984
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<i>Door 84</i>
De quel amour (By What Love), 1969
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<i>De quel amour (By What Love)</i>
Daughters, 1983
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<i>Daughters</i>
I, 1986
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<i>I</i>
On Avalon, 1987
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<i>On Avalon</i>
Canapé en temps de pluie (Rainy-Day Canapé), 1970
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<i>Canapé en temps de pluie (Rainy-Day Canapé)</i>
Tableau vivant (Living Picture), 1954
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<i>Tableau vivant (Living Picture)</i>
Intérieur (Interior), 1953
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<i>Intérieur (Interior)</i>
Emotion II, 1988
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<i>Emotion II</i>
The Mirror, 1951
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<i>The Mirror</i>
Voltage, 1942
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<i>Voltage</i>
Guardian Angels, 1946
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<i>Guardian Angels</i>
Palaestra, 1947
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<i>Palaestra</i>
L'Heure mauve (The Mauve Hour), 1965
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<i>L'Heure mauve (The Mauve Hour)</i>
The Guest Room, 1952
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<i>The Guest Room</i>
Nue endormie (Sleeping Nude), 1954
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<i>Nue endormie (Sleeping Nude)</i>
Murmurs, 1976
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<i>Murmurs</i>
Traffic Sign, 1970
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<i>Traffic Sign</i>
Far From, 1964
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<i>Far From</i>
Convolotus alchemelia (Quiet-willow window), 1998
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<i>Convolotus alchemelia (Quiet-willow window)</i>