1952
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Another ballet, Bayou, with Balanchine and music by Virgil Thomson. Teaches a class in painting and drawing at the University of Hawaii (summer session).
Argument
Lumière du foyer (Home Light)
La Rose et le Chien (The Rose and the Dog)
The Guest Room
La Truite au bleu (Poached Trout)
The Philosophers
Dernières Nouvelles (Letters from Home)
Some Roses and Their Phantoms
Untitled
Dorothea Tanning with film crew on the Colorado River, Arizona, for a scene in Hans Richter’s film 8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements
Dorothea Tanning, New York, performing in Hans Richter's film
8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst, Sedona
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst, Honolulu
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst, Honolulu
1953
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January. Will o the Wisp, New York City Ballet, scenery and costumes by Dorothea Tanning. March. Return to Paris. A temporary studio produces new works: Tableau Vivant, Death and the Maiden, Family Portrait.
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Intérieur (Interior)
Death and the Maiden
Drawing for Dimanche après-midi (Sunday Afternoon)
Dimanche après-midi (Sunday Afternoon)
Untitled (Set Design for Bayou)
Les Trois Garces
Tango
1954
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First Dorothea Tanning exhibition in Paris at Galerie Furstenburg. Travels in Italy. Acquisition, with Max Ernst, of a farmhouse in Huismes, Indre et Loire, an area often called the garden of France. Work and pleasure in this house will occupy most of the next ten years.
Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Paris
Red Drama
Valse bleue (The Blue Waltz)
Portrait de famille (Family Portrait)
Katchina Coquette
