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DOROTHEA TANNING (1910-2012)
Children's Games
细节
DOROTHEA TANNING (1910-2012)
Children's Games
signed and dated 'D. Tanning 42' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 ¼ x 5 5⁄8 (23.3 x 14.3 cm.)
Painted in 1942
Children's Games
signed and dated 'D. Tanning 42' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 ¼ x 5 5⁄8 (23.3 x 14.3 cm.)
Painted in 1942
来源
Max Ernst, New York & Sedona, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Gypsy Rose Lee, New York & Hollywood, by whom acquired from the above in January 1948.
Erik Lee Preminger, New York, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner via the intermediation of Jeffrey Hoffeld &. Company, Inc., New York in June 1985.
Gypsy Rose Lee, New York & Hollywood, by whom acquired from the above in January 1948.
Erik Lee Preminger, New York, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner via the intermediation of Jeffrey Hoffeld &. Company, Inc., New York in June 1985.
出版
'Thirty-Odd Women', in Art News, vol. 41, no. 17, January 1943, p. 20 (illustrated; titled 'Jeu d’Enfant').
D. Tanning, 'Blind Date', in VVV: Almanac for 1943, March 1943, nos. 2-3 (illustrated p. 106).
D. Wyss, Der Surrealismus: Eine Einführung und Deutung Surrealistischer Literatur und Malerei, Heidelberg, 1950, p. 85 (illustrated pl. 14; titled 'Kinderspiele').
M. Jean, Histoire de la Peinture Surréaliste, Paris, 1959, p. 310.
A. Bosquet, Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1966, p. 28 (illustrated).
D. Tanning, 'Note Bibliographique', in Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1966, p. 151.
R. Maillard, ed., 'Dorothea Tanning', in Dictionnaire Universel de la Peinture, vol. 6, Paris, 1975, p. 235.
G. Plazy, Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1976, p. 33 (illustrated p. 8).
P. Waldberg, 'Dorothea Tanning: La Mémoire Ensorcelée', in Les Demeures d’Hypnos, Paris, 1976, pp. 318-319.
A. P. de Mandiargues, C. Jelenski, R. Lebel, J. Russell, et al., Numéro Spécial de XXe Siècle, Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1977, pp. 51, 61, 70, 76 (illustrated p. 74).
L. Nochlin, 'Dorothea Tanning', in Women Artists: 1550-1950, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978, p. 338.
S. Alexandrian, Surrealist Art, New York, 1970, p. 166.
W. Chadwick, 'The Muse as Artist: Women in the Surrealist Movement', in Art in America, vol. 73, no. 7, July 1985, p. 123 (illustrated p. 129).
W. Chadwick, Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement, Boston, 1985, p. 138.
J. Silverthorne, 'Women Surrealists', in Artforum, vol. 24, no. 2, October 1985, pp. 126 & 127 (illustrated p. 126).
A. de La Baumelle, 'Dorothea Tanning', in La Collection du Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1986, p. 567.
S. Wilson, 'Between Lives', in Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives-Works on Paper, exh. cat., London, 1989, p. 7.
D. Tashjian, Joseph Cornell: Gifts of Desire, Miami Beach, 1992, p. 51.
M. Sawin, Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School, Cambridge, MA & London, 1995, pp. 306 & 334 (titled 'Children’s Game').
J. C. Bailly, Dorothea Tanning, New York, 1995, p. 20 (illustrated pl. 353, p. 347).
M. A. Caws, 'Person: Tanning’s Self-portraiture', The Surrealist Look: An Erotics of Encounter, Cambridge, MA, 1997, pp. 75, 83 & 84 (illustrated no. 7.6, pp. 76 & 84).
M. Falkenstein, 'The Oldest Living Surrealist Tells (Almost) All', in Artnews, vol. 100, no. 8, September 2001, p. 147.
D. Tanning, Between Lives: An Artist and Her World, New York & London, 2001, p. 88.
K. Conley, 'Les révolutions de Dorothea Tanning', in Pleine Marge: Cahiers de littérature, d’arts plastiques, & de critique, no. 36, December 2002, pp. 162 & 169 (illustrated p. 158).
S. Y. Kang, 'Tanning’s Pictograph: Repossessing Woman’s Fantasy', in Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art, vol. 3, 2002, pp. 91-95 (illustrated no. 3, p. 93).
J. Pech, 'Hinter den Türen des Werkes von Dorothea Tanning', in Mythen – Symbole – Metamorphosen in der Kunst seit 1800: Festschrift für Christa Lichtenstern zum 60. Geburtstag, Berlin, 2004, pp. 368, 371, 372 & 375.
V. Carruthers, 'Dorothea Tanning and Her Gothic Imagination', in Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 5, no. 1, 2011, pp. 145, 146, 149 & 156 (illustrated p. 142).
C. McAra, 'Blind Date: Tanning’s Surrealist Anti-tale', in Anti-Tales: The Uses of Disenchantment, Newcastle, 2011, pp. 102-104 (illustrated p. 103).
K. Conley, Surrealist Ghostliness, Lincoln, NE, 2013, pp. 123-125, 140-141, 143 & 146 (illustrated p. 123).
H. A. Baatsch, 'Hôtel du Pavot – Dorothea Tanning', Hippocampe, vol. 10, Spring 2014, p. 60.
A. Scappini, Il paesaggio totemico tra reale e immaginario nell’universo femminile di Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, Kay Sage, Dorothea Tanning, Remedios Varo, Udine, 2017, pp. 320-321.
V. Carruthers, Dorothea Tanning: Transformations, London, 2020, pp. 38, 41, 43, 45, 48 & 161 (illustrated no. 25, p. 41).
A. Watz, 'Maternities: Dorothea Tanning’s Aesthetics of Touch', in Art History, vol. 45, no. 1, February 2022, p. 26.
A. Lyford, Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning, London, 2023, pp. 52, 60, 62, 97, 99 & 189 (illustrated no. 50, p. 98).
A. Mahon, Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World, London & New Haven, 2026, p. 75 (illustrated p. 74).
D. Tanning, 'Blind Date', in VVV: Almanac for 1943, March 1943, nos. 2-3 (illustrated p. 106).
D. Wyss, Der Surrealismus: Eine Einführung und Deutung Surrealistischer Literatur und Malerei, Heidelberg, 1950, p. 85 (illustrated pl. 14; titled 'Kinderspiele').
M. Jean, Histoire de la Peinture Surréaliste, Paris, 1959, p. 310.
A. Bosquet, Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1966, p. 28 (illustrated).
D. Tanning, 'Note Bibliographique', in Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1966, p. 151.
R. Maillard, ed., 'Dorothea Tanning', in Dictionnaire Universel de la Peinture, vol. 6, Paris, 1975, p. 235.
G. Plazy, Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1976, p. 33 (illustrated p. 8).
P. Waldberg, 'Dorothea Tanning: La Mémoire Ensorcelée', in Les Demeures d’Hypnos, Paris, 1976, pp. 318-319.
A. P. de Mandiargues, C. Jelenski, R. Lebel, J. Russell, et al., Numéro Spécial de XXe Siècle, Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1977, pp. 51, 61, 70, 76 (illustrated p. 74).
L. Nochlin, 'Dorothea Tanning', in Women Artists: 1550-1950, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978, p. 338.
S. Alexandrian, Surrealist Art, New York, 1970, p. 166.
W. Chadwick, 'The Muse as Artist: Women in the Surrealist Movement', in Art in America, vol. 73, no. 7, July 1985, p. 123 (illustrated p. 129).
W. Chadwick, Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement, Boston, 1985, p. 138.
J. Silverthorne, 'Women Surrealists', in Artforum, vol. 24, no. 2, October 1985, pp. 126 & 127 (illustrated p. 126).
A. de La Baumelle, 'Dorothea Tanning', in La Collection du Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1986, p. 567.
S. Wilson, 'Between Lives', in Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives-Works on Paper, exh. cat., London, 1989, p. 7.
D. Tashjian, Joseph Cornell: Gifts of Desire, Miami Beach, 1992, p. 51.
M. Sawin, Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School, Cambridge, MA & London, 1995, pp. 306 & 334 (titled 'Children’s Game').
J. C. Bailly, Dorothea Tanning, New York, 1995, p. 20 (illustrated pl. 353, p. 347).
M. A. Caws, 'Person: Tanning’s Self-portraiture', The Surrealist Look: An Erotics of Encounter, Cambridge, MA, 1997, pp. 75, 83 & 84 (illustrated no. 7.6, pp. 76 & 84).
M. Falkenstein, 'The Oldest Living Surrealist Tells (Almost) All', in Artnews, vol. 100, no. 8, September 2001, p. 147.
D. Tanning, Between Lives: An Artist and Her World, New York & London, 2001, p. 88.
K. Conley, 'Les révolutions de Dorothea Tanning', in Pleine Marge: Cahiers de littérature, d’arts plastiques, & de critique, no. 36, December 2002, pp. 162 & 169 (illustrated p. 158).
S. Y. Kang, 'Tanning’s Pictograph: Repossessing Woman’s Fantasy', in Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art, vol. 3, 2002, pp. 91-95 (illustrated no. 3, p. 93).
J. Pech, 'Hinter den Türen des Werkes von Dorothea Tanning', in Mythen – Symbole – Metamorphosen in der Kunst seit 1800: Festschrift für Christa Lichtenstern zum 60. Geburtstag, Berlin, 2004, pp. 368, 371, 372 & 375.
V. Carruthers, 'Dorothea Tanning and Her Gothic Imagination', in Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 5, no. 1, 2011, pp. 145, 146, 149 & 156 (illustrated p. 142).
C. McAra, 'Blind Date: Tanning’s Surrealist Anti-tale', in Anti-Tales: The Uses of Disenchantment, Newcastle, 2011, pp. 102-104 (illustrated p. 103).
K. Conley, Surrealist Ghostliness, Lincoln, NE, 2013, pp. 123-125, 140-141, 143 & 146 (illustrated p. 123).
H. A. Baatsch, 'Hôtel du Pavot – Dorothea Tanning', Hippocampe, vol. 10, Spring 2014, p. 60.
A. Scappini, Il paesaggio totemico tra reale e immaginario nell’universo femminile di Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, Kay Sage, Dorothea Tanning, Remedios Varo, Udine, 2017, pp. 320-321.
V. Carruthers, Dorothea Tanning: Transformations, London, 2020, pp. 38, 41, 43, 45, 48 & 161 (illustrated no. 25, p. 41).
A. Watz, 'Maternities: Dorothea Tanning’s Aesthetics of Touch', in Art History, vol. 45, no. 1, February 2022, p. 26.
A. Lyford, Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning, London, 2023, pp. 52, 60, 62, 97, 99 & 189 (illustrated no. 50, p. 98).
A. Mahon, Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World, London & New Haven, 2026, p. 75 (illustrated p. 74).
展览
New York, Art of this Century gallery, Exhibition by 31 Women, January - February 1943, no. 233 (titled 'Jeu d'Enfant').
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Dorothea Tanning, April 1944, no. 8 (titled 'Jeu d'enfant').
Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Dramatic Choice: The Theater Collects, November - December 1950.
Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino Communal, XXe Festival Belge D'Été, Dorothea Tanning, June - August 1967, no. 2, p. 9 (illustrated p. 14).
Paris, Centre national d'art contemporain, Dorothea Tanning: oeuvre, May - July 1974, no. 1 (illustrated p. 15).
New Brunswick, Rutgers University Art Gallery, Surrealism and American Art, 1931-1947, March - April 1977, no. 144 (illustrated p. 110).
New York, Jeffrey Hoffeld & Company, Inc., Women Surrealists: A Selection of Works from 1930-1950, April - June 1985.
New York, Baruch College Gallery, Women Artists of the Surrealist Movement, October - November 1986; this exhibition later travelled to New York, The Fine Arts Center Gallery, Stony Brook University, November 1986 - January 1987.
Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, La Femme et le Surréalisme, November 1987 - February 1988, p. 383 (illustrated fig. 1).
Milan, Palazzo Reale, I Surrealisti, June - September 1989, p. 644 (illustrated p. 433).
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Die Surrealisten, December 1989 - February 1990, p. 424 (illustrated p. 251).
Berkeley, University of California Art Museum, Anxious Visions: Surrealist Art, October - December 1990, pp. 134-135 & 289 (illustrated fig. 174, p. 135).
Malmö, Konsthall, Dorothea Tanning: Om Konst Kunde Tala (If Art Could Talk), April - May 1993, no. 2, pp. 16, 17, 20 & 21 (illustrated p. 20).
London, Camden Arts Centre, Dorothea Tanning: Works 1942-1992, September - November 1993.
Roslyn Harbour, Nassau County Museum, Surrealism, January - April 1995 (illustrated p. 78).
Cambridge, MIT List Visual Art Center, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism, and Self-Representation, April - June 1998, p. 14 (illustrated pl. 8; illustrated again p. 57); this exhibition later travelled to Miami, Art Museum, September - November 1998; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, January - April 1999.
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Die unheimliche Frau: Weiblichkeit im Surrealismus, September - November 2001, p. 130 (illustrated pl. 81, p. 129).
Rome, Museo del Corso, Max Ernst e i suoi amici surrealisti, July - November 2002, no. 95, p. 161 (illustrated p. 115).
Athens, Georgia Museum of Art, High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime, January - March 2005, p. 118 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to San Antonio, McNay Art Museum, May - August 2005; Longbeach, CA, Longbeach Museum of Art, September - October 2005; and Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, February - May 2006.
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Dorothea Tanning: Detrás de la puerta, invisible, otra puerta, October 2018 - January 2019; this exhibition later travelled to London, Tate Modern, February - June 2019, pp. 16, 22, 56, 58, 72, 73, 76 & 191 (illustrated p. 111).
Dallas, Museum of Art, on long term loan, 2012 - 2026.
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Dorothea Tanning, April 1944, no. 8 (titled 'Jeu d'enfant').
Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Dramatic Choice: The Theater Collects, November - December 1950.
Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino Communal, XXe Festival Belge D'Été, Dorothea Tanning, June - August 1967, no. 2, p. 9 (illustrated p. 14).
Paris, Centre national d'art contemporain, Dorothea Tanning: oeuvre, May - July 1974, no. 1 (illustrated p. 15).
New Brunswick, Rutgers University Art Gallery, Surrealism and American Art, 1931-1947, March - April 1977, no. 144 (illustrated p. 110).
New York, Jeffrey Hoffeld & Company, Inc., Women Surrealists: A Selection of Works from 1930-1950, April - June 1985.
New York, Baruch College Gallery, Women Artists of the Surrealist Movement, October - November 1986; this exhibition later travelled to New York, The Fine Arts Center Gallery, Stony Brook University, November 1986 - January 1987.
Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, La Femme et le Surréalisme, November 1987 - February 1988, p. 383 (illustrated fig. 1).
Milan, Palazzo Reale, I Surrealisti, June - September 1989, p. 644 (illustrated p. 433).
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Die Surrealisten, December 1989 - February 1990, p. 424 (illustrated p. 251).
Berkeley, University of California Art Museum, Anxious Visions: Surrealist Art, October - December 1990, pp. 134-135 & 289 (illustrated fig. 174, p. 135).
Malmö, Konsthall, Dorothea Tanning: Om Konst Kunde Tala (If Art Could Talk), April - May 1993, no. 2, pp. 16, 17, 20 & 21 (illustrated p. 20).
London, Camden Arts Centre, Dorothea Tanning: Works 1942-1992, September - November 1993.
Roslyn Harbour, Nassau County Museum, Surrealism, January - April 1995 (illustrated p. 78).
Cambridge, MIT List Visual Art Center, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism, and Self-Representation, April - June 1998, p. 14 (illustrated pl. 8; illustrated again p. 57); this exhibition later travelled to Miami, Art Museum, September - November 1998; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, January - April 1999.
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Die unheimliche Frau: Weiblichkeit im Surrealismus, September - November 2001, p. 130 (illustrated pl. 81, p. 129).
Rome, Museo del Corso, Max Ernst e i suoi amici surrealisti, July - November 2002, no. 95, p. 161 (illustrated p. 115).
Athens, Georgia Museum of Art, High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime, January - March 2005, p. 118 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to San Antonio, McNay Art Museum, May - August 2005; Longbeach, CA, Longbeach Museum of Art, September - October 2005; and Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, February - May 2006.
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Dorothea Tanning: Detrás de la puerta, invisible, otra puerta, October 2018 - January 2019; this exhibition later travelled to London, Tate Modern, February - June 2019, pp. 16, 22, 56, 58, 72, 73, 76 & 191 (illustrated p. 111).
Dallas, Museum of Art, on long term loan, 2012 - 2026.
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We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
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