Dorothea Tanning - Painter, Sculptor, Writer
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Select Medium
1940
Untitled
Untitled (Study for Deirdre)
Deirdre
Beyond the Esplanade
The Golden Ball
Music Hath Charms
1941
At
this
time...

AT THIS TIME

Meets Julien Levy, gallery owner who signs her on for his gallery. A marriage to Homer Shannon, writer, after an off-and-on, 8-year liaison, ends in separation after six months and divorce a year later. Meets John Cage and his wife Xenia. Pearl Harbor brings the United States into the war.
The Magic Flower Game
Please do!
1942
Children's Games
At
this
time...

AT THIS TIME

A number of European surrealists are in residence as refugees. Dorothea Tanning’s painting brings new friendships and new perspectives to her life, including Max Ernst.
Birthday
Concerning Wishes
A Parisian Afternoon (Hôtel du Pavot)
Untitled
Untitled
Voltage
1943
At
this
time...

AT THIS TIME

Begins long friendship with Joseph Cornell who shows his films at Gypsy Rose Lee’s house on east 63rd Street. Summer in Sedona, Arizona with Max Ernst, surrealist painter. Fall: Participation in Dreams That Money Can Buy, a film by Hans Richter.
Portrait of Muriel Levy
Profanation
Sunflower Landscape
Daphne
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Angelic Pleasures
My Life in the Blue Room
Moeurs Espagnoles
Green Sun with Pirates
"Blind Date"
Simplified Botany—The Land
Dorothea Tanning, Sedona, Arizona

 

 

 

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