Life & Work Timeline

1945

Dorothea Tanning, press photo for solo exhibition at Caresse Crosby Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Cover Design for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Souvenir Program, 1945-46 season, featuring The Night Shadow, a ballet by George Balanchine

Poet, costume design for The Night Shadow, a ballet by George Balanchine

The Sleepwalker, costume design for The Night Shadow, a ballet by George Balanchine

Set design for The Night Shadow, a ballet by George Balanchine

A Guest, costume design for The Night Shadow, a ballet by George Balanchine

Oh, Dorothea Tanning!

Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst, New York, performing in Hans Richter's film Dreams That Money Can Buy

1946

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February. Dorothea Tanning returns to Arizona. From there she learns that The Night Shadow is premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House (Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo) to much acclaim. October 24th. Marriage with Max Ernst in double ceremony with Man Ray and Juliet Brouner in Beverly Hills. Meanwhile Sedona visitors, Marcel Duchamp, George Balanchine with wife Tanaquil Leclercq, Roland Penrose, Lee Miller, Caresse Crosby.

Portefeuille (Pocketbook)

Guardian Angels

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

The Young Student (Le Jeune Étudiant)

Portrait of Julie Man Ray

Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Juliet Browner, Hollywood, California

Dorothea Tanning, Sedona, Arizona

Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst, Sedona, Arizona

Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Sedona, Arizona

1947

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Dorothea and Max build a house in Sedona. Visits from friends who find their way to Sedona: Cartier-Bresson with John Malcolm Brinnin, Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy, Vittorio Rieti...