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Étude pour Cousins
Dorothea Tanning
1910
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August 25th, Galesburg, Illinois. Second daughter of Andrew and Amanda Tanning.
Amanda and Andrew Tanning
1911
Dorothea Tanning with her mother, Amanda Tanning
1915
Dorothea Tanning
1918
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/10.2.02Childhooddrawingthumb.jpg "<i>"The Waiter Smiles..."</i>")
"The Waiter Smiles..."
1920
Untitled (Portrait of Girl)
1926
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Education in Galesburg public schools. Graduation 1926 from high school (the building burned down in 1965). Two grades had been “skipped” thus creating a lifelong weakness in arithmetic.
Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Galesburg, Illinois
Dorothea Tanning, Galesburg High School Yearbook, Senior Year
1927
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Employment at The Galesburg Public Library (the building, with its 200,000 volumes, burned to the ground in 1958).
1928
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Matriculation at Knox College in Galesburg, a liberal arts school, ergo, no applied art courses. Dorothea draws and paints in spare time. Illustrations for school publications.
