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 Dorothea Tanning   (1910-2012)

  Ebats en mine de plomb et couleurs tendres
  • color lithograph for Dorothea Tanning, exhibition catalog, Alexandre Iolas, Geneva, 1969
  • this example a color trial proof of the second of four sections
  • hand signed in pencil and dated 1968 lower right recto and numbered Epreuve d'essai lower left recto
  • total edition of 500 on Arches: 50 signed but only numbered on the justification page, 450 unsigned and numbered only on the justification page, 3 signed color trial proofs and 5 signed artist's proofs
  • paper size 8¼" x 6¾" (21 x 17.1 cm.)
  • printed by Pierre Chave, Vence
  • Literature:  Dorothea Tanning: Hail, Delirium!, New York Public Library, 1992, catalog no.21II, pp.45, 94-95
Caught in flagrant revelry, these now familiar figures seemed to gay up a drab Swiss winter season - and invite participation - or so I hoped. Such bonuses, original prints, were a frequent accompaniment to exhibition catalogues of those days.
      -Dorothea Tanning, Hail, Delirium!, 1992, catalog raisonne
Dorothea Tanning - Ebats en mine de plomb et couleurs tendres - 1969 color lithograph

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