Bibliography of Writings by Dorothea Tanning

1943	“Blind Date.” VVV, nos. 2-3 (March 1943), p. 104 (with reproductions of Birthday and Children’s Games on pp. 105-106).
1944	“Birthday.” Abstract and Surrealist Art in America. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944, p. 107.
1946	“Statement.” Bel Ami International Art Competition and Exhibition of Paintings by Eleven American and European Artists. Exhibition brochure. Washington, D.C.: The American Federation of Arts, Barr Building, 1946, p. 28.
1947	“Rêvez-le ou ne le lisez pas.” Translated by Jeannine Lambert. Les Quatre Vents, no. 8 (1947), pp. 84-93.
1949	“Legend.” From “About Max Ernst: At Eye Level, Poems and Comments” in Max Ernst: 30 Years of His Work, A Survey. Exhibition catalogue. The Copley Galleries, Beverly Hills, 1949, p. 16.
1965	“Chronology.” Dorothea Tanning. Exhibition brochure. New York: Alexandre Iolas Gallery, 1965, unpaginated.
1966	“Note Bibliographique.” Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert Éditeur, 1966, p. 152.
1967	“To the Editors.” The New York Review of Books, February 9, 1967, p. 31.
1969	“Note Biographique.” Dorothea Tanning. Exhibition catalogue. Geneva: Galerie Alexandre Iolas, 1969, p. 4.
1975	Oiseaux en péril. Prose by the artist with eight color etchings by Max Ernst. Paris: Editions Georges Visat, 1975.
1977	“Dorothea, ses jeux, son enfer...” Dorothea Tanning: Numéro Special de XXe Siècle. Paris: Editions XXe Siècle, 1977, pp. 5-15.
1979	“Dorothea Her Lights and Shadows (A Scenario).” Translated from XXe Siècle, Paris, September, 1976. Reprinted in Dorothea Tanning: 10 Recent Paintings and a Biography. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer Gallery, 1979.
1980	“To the Editors.” The New York Review of Books, December 4, 1980, p. 57.
1983	Worlds in Miniature: Max Ernst and His Books. Exhibition brochure. New Haven: Yale University Library, 1983.
1986	Birthday. Santa Monica: The Lapis Press, 1986.
1988	Födelsedag. (Swedish language edition of Birthday). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Trevi, 1988.
1989	“Some Parallels in Words and Pictures.” Pequod: A Journal of Contemporary Literature and Literary Criticism, Nos. 28-30 (1989), pp. 167-173. Birthday. (French language edition). Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1989.
1990	Birthday. (German language edition). Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1990. Untitled statement. Dorothea Tanning: “Messages.” Exhibition catalogue. New York: Nahan Contemporary, 1990, p. 21.
1991	“Statement.” Surrealism and Women. Mary Ann Caws, Rudolf Kuenzli, and Gwen Raaberg, eds. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1991, p. 228.
1992	“Chronology” and notes on works. Dorothea Tanning: Hail Delirium! A Catalogue Raisonné of the Artist’s Illustrated Books and Prints, 1942-1991. Roberta Waddell and Louisa Wood Ruby, eds. New York: The New York Public Library, 1992.
1993	Birthday. (Japanese language edition). Japan: Saikisha, 1993. “Souvenirs.” Dorothea Tanning. Retrospective exhibition catalogue. Malmö, Sweden: Malmö Konsthall, 1993.
1995	“Artist’s Chronology” and “Afterword.” Dorothea Tanning. New York: George Braziller, 1995, pp. 339-354 and pp. 355-363. To Paint. An excerpt from Birthday. New York: Nadja Press, 1995.
1996	“A Memoir (Charles Henri Ford).” The Café Review, Vol. 7 (Summer 1996), pp. 9-10.
1997	"To the Editors." The New York Review of Books, January 9, 1997, p. 57.
1998	“Another Language of Flowers” (Introduction). Another Language of Flowers: Paintings: Dorothea Tanning; Poems: James Merrill, Harry Matthews, Rosanna Warren, Debora Greger, Adrienne Rich, Anthony Hecht, Richard Howard, J.D. McClatchy, W.S. Merwin, John Ashberry, Steven Yenser, Brenda Shaughnessy. New York: George Braziller Publisher, 1998, pp. 9-11. “The Julien Levy I Knew.” Ingrid Schaffner and Lisa Jacobs, eds. Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 15-19.
2000	Notes on works. Dorothea Tanning: Birthday and Beyond. Exhibition brochure. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000.
2001	Between Lives: An Artist and Her World. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001. “François Hugo.” Claire Siaud and Pierre Hugo, eds. Bijoux d’Artistes/Artists’ Jewels: Hommage à François Hugo. Aix-en-Provence: Les Cyprès Editeur, 2001, p. 35.
2002	La Vie Partagée. (French language edition of Between Lives). Paris: Christian Bourgois Éditeur, 2002.
2004	Chasm: A Weekend. New York: Overlook Press, and London: Virago Press, 2004.
2005	“A Letter to the Post Office,” Tin House Magazine, Vol. 6, no. 3 (Spring 2005), pp. 191-192.