Dorothea Tanning / texts by Jean Christophe Bailly ; translated by Richard Howard and Robert C. Morgan.
By: Bailly, Jean Christophe
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BookPublisher: New York : George Braziller, 1995Description: 404 p. : ill.(chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0807614025.Subject(s): Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation | Surrealism -- United StatesDDC classification: 759.13 TAN
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 759.13 TAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00058182 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This hefty, elegantly produced volume offers a comprehensive look at the life and work of Dorothea Tanning (born in 1910, now living and working in New York), a self-taught artist whose works are in numerous important museum collections and whose sensibilities are dazzlingly distinctive. Paintings, drawings, and sculpture from every phase of her career are presented in some 200 color plates, accompanied by biographical and critical essays, a detailed chronology, a complete bibliography, and numerous photos of the artist and her friends, her studio, and various installations. 10x12 Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Library Journal Review
The unique surrealist painter/sculptor/designer Dorothea Tanning (b. 1910) well deserves this sumptuous volume. Her innovative oeuvre is lyrically evoked and reviewed by French critic, playwright, and poet Bailly. For clarity, however, Tanning's own afterword and the comprehensive chronology should be read before the critical essays. Some 214 color plates, four color foldouts, and 191 black-and-white illustrations mark out the visions of a fertile art not well known to the public at large. American-born but for many years a resident of France, Tanning was eclipsed by her famous artist husband, Max Ernst. Following paintings in the manner of Ernst and Balthus, she arrived at a singular style that dissolves Surrealist fragments of eroticized bodies into a cosmic surge of life. Her soft sculptures of the 1970s are another revelation. She now lives and works in New York. Highly recommended for large collections and those specializing in modernism.-Mary Hamel-Schwulst, Towson State Univ., Md. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Author notes provided by Syndetics
She was born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1910 & learned to paint by visiting art museums. She attended Knox college, studied art in Chicago & in 1935 moved to New York City, where she supported herself with advertising art & painted in her spare time. A preoccupation with architecture, especially doors, windows & deep tunneling spaces, is a keynote of her style. Before & after her marriage to Max ernst she was occupied with stage & costume design for the likes of George Balachine & others.(Publisher Provided)