1937
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Autumn, winter, San Francisco. Draws for The Coast, a monthly magazine. (Covers and cartoons). The magazine folds after six issues.
Dorothea Tanning, San Francisco
Cartoon for The Coast, May 1938
Cartoon for The Coast, July 1938
Cartoon for The Coast, August 1938
Portrait of Mary Louise
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Return to New York. Shares apartment on East 58th Street with artist Ronnie Elliot.
Dorothea Tanning, New York
1939
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July. Boards the steamship Niew Amsterdam for France, a cherished destination. But a month in deserted Paris, city gasping on the brink of war, ends with a precipitate 2 day flight to Stockholm, home of paternal relatives. This involves countries (Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany) she had not expected to visit. September. Paints family portraits of Stockholm cousins. October. Last boat (Gripsholm) back to New York.
Tango
Untitled
Portrait of Gunnar Thaning
Dorothea Tanning aboard the Gripsholm to New York
1940
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New York. Advertising art, chiefly for Macy's. Rents apartment at 327 E. 58th Street.
Fashion ad for Macy's
Fashion ad for Macy's
Untitled
Untitled (Study for Deirdre)
Deirdre
Beyond the Esplanade
The Golden Ball
Music Hath Charms
1941
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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!
Children's Games
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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)
