1949
At
this
time...
July. Departure for Paris, France, which is still recovering from the war. Find a home of sorts: two maid’s rooms on the top floor of 13 quai St. Michel. Dorothea Tanning works at the lithograph atelier of Edmond Desjobert to produce her first album of lithographs, Les Sept Périls Spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils).
Palaestra
Very Small Nude
Fantasy Figure
L'Auberge
Untitled (Study for Troisième péril from Les 7 périls spectraux)
On Fire
Drawing for Musical Chairs
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/Legendcover.jpg ""Legend"")
"Legend"
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/Abysscover1949.jpg ""Abyss"")
"Abyss"
1950
At
this
time...
Summer in the south of France. August at 10 rue du Bateau in Antibes. An afternoon with Picasso, Francoise Gilot and babies at Vallauris will be remembered, as of course he knew it would. October. Exhibition of lithographs at Galerie Les Pas Perdus, rue des Ciseaux, in Paris. Again for Balanchine a new ballet, The Witch, in collaboration with The Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company of London. Scenery and costumes by Dorothea Tanning, with choreography by John Cranko. Performed at Covent Garden, August 18th.
The Mirror
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/50.2.02lenef1.jpg "Illustration for "Lettre Inédite du Marquis de Sade à Madame de Sade," <i> Almanach Surr</i><i>é</i><i>aliste du Demi-Si</i><i>è</i><i>cle</i>")
Illustration for "Lettre Inédite du Marquis de Sade à Madame de Sade," Almanach Surréaliste du Demi-Siècle
High Wires
Metamorphose (Metamorphosis)
Bâteau bleu (The Grotto)
Cover for Les 7 périls spectraux
Premier péril (First Peril) from Les 7 périls spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils)
Deuxième péril (Second Peril) from Les 7 périls spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils)
Troisième péril (Third Peril) from Les 7 périls spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils)
Quatrième péril (Fourth Peril) from Les 7 périls spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils)
Cinquième péril (Fifth Peril) from Les 7 périls spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils)
Sixième péril (Sixth Peril) from Les 7 périls spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils)
Septième péril (Seventh Peril) from Les 7 périls spectraux (The Seven Spectral Perils)
Dorothea Tanning, Paris
Untitled (Set Design for an Unrealized Ballet)
Dorothea Tanning, Paris
Set design for The Witch, a ballet by John Cranko
Castle Midnight, costume design for The Witch, a ballet by John Cranko
The Girl (before), costume design for The Witch, a ballet by John Cranko
