Dorothea TanningAmerican, 1910–2012At These Rites
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 2005.99.30
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In the catalog
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- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Dorothea Tanning
The whole life1950s–1970s
Becomes an active printmaker
While living in France she works in the ateliers of Georges Visat and Pierre Chave and makes work for limited-edition artists’ books by such poets as Alain Bosquet, René Crevel, Lena Leclerq and André Pieyre de Mandiargues.
1969–1973
A five-year adventure in soft sculpture
By the late 1960s her paintings are almost completely abstract yet still suggestive of the female form; from 1969 to 1973 she devotes herself to three-dimensional works in fabric, seeing in soft sculpture cloth as a material for high purpose and softness over hardness.
1973
The book “En chair et en or” with her poems
The limited-edition book En chair et en or appears, with Tanning’s etchings accompanied by her own original poems.
1974
Retrospective in Paris
A major retrospective of her work is held at the Centre National d’Art Contemporain, which became the Centre Georges Pompidou in 1977.
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![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
