 Birthday, 1942 MORE INFO |
 Children's Games, 1942 MORE INFO |
 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1943 MORE INFO |
 Portrait of Muriel Levy, 1943 MORE INFO |
 A Mrs. Radcliffe Called Today, 1944 MORE INFO |
 Self-Portrait, 1944 MORE INFO |
 The Truth About Comets, 1945 MORE INFO |
 Guardian Angels, 1946 MORE INFO |
 Fatala, 1947 MORE INFO |
 Palaestra, 1949 MORE INFO |
 Maternity, 1947 MORE INFO |
 Max in a Blue Boat, 1947 MORE INFO |
 A Very Happy Picture, 1947 MORE INFO |
 On Time Off Time, 1948 MORE INFO |
 The Mirror, 1950 MORE INFO |
 Musical Chairs, 1951 MORE INFO |
 Interior with Sudden Joy, 1951 MORE INFO |
 La Rose et le Chien (The Rose and the Dog), 1952 MORE INFO |
 The Philosophers, 1952 MORE INFO |
 Dimanche après-midi (Sunday Afternoon), 1953 MORE INFO |
 Death and the Maiden, 1953 MORE INFO |
 Intérieur (Interior), 1953 MORE INFO |
 Portrait de famille (Family Portrait), 1954 MORE INFO |
 Tableau vivant (Living Picture), 1954 MORE INFO |
 Nue endormie (Sleeping Nude), 1954 MORE INFO |
 Le Mal oublié (The Ill Forgotten), 1955 MORE INFO |
 Vorace veracité, 1956 MORE INFO |
 Tempête en jaune (Tempest in Yellow), 1956 MORE INFO |
 Insomnies (Insomnias), 1957 MORE INFO |
 Melées Nocturnes, 1958 MORE INFO |
 Midi et demi (Half Past Noon), 1957 MORE INFO |
 The Moonstone Effect, 1959 MORE INFO |
 Chiens de Cythère (Dogs of Cythera), 1963 MORE INFO |
 La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964 MORE INFO |
 Far From, 1964 MORE INFO |
 Pelote d'épingles pouvant servir de fétiche (Pincushion to Serve as Fetish), 1965 MORE INFO |
 To the Rescue, 1965 MORE INFO |
 Tirage au sort (Lottery), 1967 MORE INFO |
 L’Avant-garde (The Avant-garde), 1966 MORE INFO |
 Même les jeunes filles (Even the Young Girls), 1966 MORE INFO |
 Étreinte, 1969 MORE INFO |
 Ténèbres (Shadows), 1969 MORE INFO |
 Philosophie en plein air (Fresh-air Philosophy), 1969 MORE INFO |
 Canapé en temps de pluie (Rainy-Day Canapé), 1970 MORE INFO |
 Nue couchée (Reclining Nude), 1970 MORE INFO |
 Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202 (Poppy Hotel, Room 202), 1973 MORE INFO |
 Reality, 1973 MORE INFO |
 Pour Gustave l'adoré, 1974 MORE INFO |
 Murmurs, 1976 MORE INFO |
 Faith, Surrounded by Hope, Charity, and Other Monsters, 1976 MORE INFO |
 Portrait de famille (Family Portrait), 1977 MORE INFO |
 Notes for an Apocalypse, 1978 MORE INFO |
 Salut, délire! (Hail, Delirium!), 1979 MORE INFO |
 Still in the Studio, 1979 MORE INFO |
 Heartless, 1980 MORE INFO |
 Pounding Strong, 1981 MORE INFO |
 Door 84, 1984 MORE INFO |
 Nude Standing Nude, 1986 MORE INFO |
 Woman Artist, Nude, Standing, 1987 MORE INFO |
 To Climb a Ladder, 1987 MORE INFO |
 Poppies, 1987 MORE INFO |
 On Avalon, 1987 MORE INFO |
 Blue Mom, 1994 MORE INFO |
 Zephirium apochripholiae (Windwort), 1997 MORE INFO |
 Pictor mysteriosa (Burnt Umbrage), 1997 MORE INFO |
 Convolotus alchemelia (Quiet-willow window), 1998 MORE INFO |
What can I tell you, O gentle art lovers, O kindly dreamers? Is some help needed? Doesn't the paint say it all? What am I after? A long time ago I said I want to seduce by means of imperceptible passages from one reality to another. The viewer is caught in a net from which the only escape is by going through the whole picture until the exit is found. My dearest wish: to make a trap with no exit at all either for you or for me.
– Dorothea Tanning, 1986
“Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s” is on view at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville, through September 29. The exhibition features the painting The Temptation of St. Anthony (1945) in an exploration of the Surrealists’ portrayals of monsters, fragmented bodies, and other depictions of the grotesque as metaphors for the destabilizing consequences of war and psychological fears and fantasies of unbridled power.
"Collection Close-Up: The Graphic Work of Dorothea Tanning" at The Menil Collection in Houston celebrates a gift of a full set of Tanning's prints and artist's books from Barbara and Jim Metcalf and the Gallery of Surrealism, New York. On view through October 19, the exhibit will includes the lithograph Deuxième péril from the portfolio Les 7 périls spectraux (1950).
“Surrealism and Beyond” at Die Galerie, Frankfurt, is open through November 2, 2019. The show focuses on Max Ernst, his friends and family, and includes the collage Table of Contents (1988).
"Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein" is on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, through January 5. Exploring the influence of revolutionary advances in science on modern art, the exhibition includes the painting Midi et demi (Half Past Noon) (1956-57).
The painting Tableau vivant (Living Picture) (1954) is featured in “Beyond Realism: Dada and Surrealism,” at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh through October 25, 2020. The exhibition celebrates the Gallery's world-famous permanent collection as it explores the two principal forms of Surrealist work, unpremeditated art that relies upon chance effects of process and imagery that appears irrational or dreamlike but is rendered in a realistic style. The Gallery has recently purchased Tableau vivant (Living Picture) (1954) with help from the Henry and Sula Walton Fund and Art Fund in 2019.
Catriona McAra, University Curator at Leeds Arts University, has published "Glowing Like Phosphorus: Dorothea Tanning and the Sedona Western" in Journal of Surrealism and the Americas (10:1 [2019], pp. 84-105). In this article, Dr. McAra examines the emergence of the Hollywood Western as a formidable pop cultural format during the 1940s-50s, and the complex role it played in the surrealist art and literature from that period. The author examines the work of Ernst and Tanning created during their time living in Sedona, Arizona, where filmmakers were also drawn to the iconic red rock landscape.
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid has published a fully illustrated catalogue in conjunction with the exhibition "Dorothea Tanning: Behind the Door, Another Invisible Door." The catalogue includes essays by exhibition curator Alyce Mahon, who gives an overview of the artist's career, and Tate curator Ann Coxon, who explores Tanning's work in light of the legacies of Surrealism and contemporary art practice. The catalogue is published in Spanish and English.
We are looking for information about a number of paintings in the effort to fully document Dorothea Tanning's work for a catalogue raisonné. If you have seen any of these paintings, please contact us.
