1984 Soft-ground etching and aquatint Image: 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.; paper: 19 x 15 1/4 in.
In her own words...
In Santa Monica Jake Samuel, Sam Francis' master etcher, teased this etching out of me while I waited for a big lithograph (Arabella) to proof. A reprise of Murmurs, a favorite subject. Several color wipes were tried, all maddeningly interesting.
–from Dorothea Tanning: Hail Delirium! A Catalogue Raisonné of the Artist’s Illustrated Books and Prints, 1942-1991, New York: The New York Public Library, 1992, p. 102.
