1830
La Grande Mannequin cherche et trouve sa peau (The Great Mannequin seeks and finds his skin)
1959
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Acquires a “studio” (120 square feet of space) at 27 rue St. André des Arts. There is a ten foot wall for painting a ten foot canvas, Éperdument (hard to translate ... Frantically? Desperately?), Two Words and Anges Mordus (Fanatical Angels).
Une Étoile tombée
Elle peint aussi (She Paints Too)
Le beau temps qui vient
Chiens ombragés (Dogs in the Shade)
Sotto voce II (Whispers II)
Tamerlan (Tamerlane)
The Moonstone Effect
O Saisons! (O Seasons!)
Peau (Skin)
Nuage (Cloud)
L'Enchanteresse (Temptress)
Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Huismes, France
Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Huismes, France
Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Huismes, France
1960
At
this
time...
In Huismes, Jean Desvilles produces a film, Le Regard Ebloui (The Astonished Gaze) on the paintings of Dorothea Tanning (Les Productions Tanit, Paris).
Untitled
Femme baroque (Baroque Woman)
Visite jaune (Visite éclair)
No Contest
Untitled
Untitled
Ignoti Nulla Cupido
Photographer unknown, from Michael Ochs Archives
Dorothea Tanning, Huismes, France
1961
At
this
time...
Judith, a play by Jean Giraudoux, directed by Jean Louis Barrault is produced at the Théâtre de France with costumes by Dorothea Tanning. Meets Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer of avant garde music.
Visite éclair (Lightning Visit)
Costume Design for Judith: Judith
