1997
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time...
A series of twelve large-scale canvases depicting imaginary flowers painted over six months. These images inspire twelve poems by contemporary poets, and they are published together in Another Language of Flowers (George Braziller, New York).
Dorothea Tanning, New York, in an interview for
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde
Merrillium trovatum
Agripedium vorax Saccherii (Clog Herb)
Zephirium apochripholiae (Windwort)
Pictor mysteriosa (Burnt Umbrage)
Asclepius formidabilis (Griefbane)
Crepuscula glacialis (var., Flos cuculi)
Nephaster cyaneus (Cloudstar)
Flagrantis speculum veneris (Loveknot)
Convolotus alchemelia (Quiet-willow window)
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/medium_small/anotherlangflowers.jpg ""Another Language of Flowers"")
"Another Language of Flowers"
Dorothea Tanning, New York
Dorothea Tanning, New York
Dorothea Tanning, New York
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/Levybookcover.jpg ""The Julien Levy I Knew"")
"The Julien Levy I Knew"
1999
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Exhibitions of the flower paintings at the National Academy of Design and later at the Zabriskie Gallery. Exhibition of the past two decades’ work at the Boston University Art Gallery.
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/Parisreviewcover1999.jpg ""Report from the Field"")
"Report from the Field"
"Insomnia, my cousin"
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/yalereviewcover1999649.jpg ""No Palms"")
"No Palms"
Dorothea Tanning, New York
Dorothea Tanning, New York
2000
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time...
Small retrospective exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, celebrating its acquisition of the painting Birthday.
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/southwestreviewcover.jpg ""Reckless Words"")
"Reckless Words"
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/gettysbergreviewcover2000.jpg ""Landscape with Postmark"")
"Landscape with Postmark"
"Aspects of Ice, Detail"
"Il a Trouvé la Mort"
"Are You?"
"Pursued, I Ran into the Barn"
![](/images/work_image/thumbs_small/small/literaryimaginationcover.jpg ""Collage (La Femme 100 Têtes)"")
"Collage (La Femme 100 Têtes)"
