• lithograph printed in light olive, brownish orange, dark yellowish pink, pale pink and purplish black, 1975
• edition of 99 on Arches, signed and numbered: 1-99 and an unspecified number of proofs including 9 signed color trial proofs on Arches and 10 signed artist's proofs on Arches
• plate size 9⅞" x 15⅜" (25.1 x 39 cm.)
• paper size 12⅞" x 19 11/16" (32.7 x 50.1 cm.)
• for the portfolio Les demeures d'Hypnos with 1 print by Tanning and additional prints by Ernst, Herold, Labarthe, Labisse, Lam, Le Yaouanc, Man Ray, Masson, Miro and Oppenheim
• published by Editions de la Difference, Paris
• printed by Pierre Chave, Vence
• Literature:  Dorothea Tanning: Hail, Delirium!, New York Public Library, 1992, catalog no.47, pp.72, 101

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A light touch is solicited in Combat by the dashing use of the simple crayon. The background is achieved with tricky textures (!) and the "rainbow rolling" which is used sideways.
      -Dorothea Tanning, Hail, Delirium!, 1992, catalog raisonne