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Inv. n°: CL1350

L’Avant-garde (The Avant-garde)

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Signed lower right "Dorothea Tanning 66" (AJG-DT-00209)

165.9 x 134 cm
1966
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The Artist
  • The Estate of Dorothea Tanning
  • Private Collection, USA
  • Acquired at Alison Jacques Gallery, London, 2023

Publications

  • P. Waldberg, Dorothea Tanning, André de Rache, Brussels, Belgium, 1967, p. 53, n° 83
  • in Mizue, n° 803 (ed.), Dorothea Tanning, Japan, December 1971, p. 74
  • Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Dorothea Tanning, 1974, p.94, n° 58
  • Galerie Jan Krugier, Dorothea Tanning, Geneva, Switzerland, 1974, pl. 15
  • J.C. Bailly, Dorothea Tanning. New York: George Braziller, 1995, plate 111, p. 138, George Braziller, New York, 1995, p. 138, plate 111 (black-and-white reproduction)
  • J.R. Cohen, "Improvisation and Strategy: From Impressionism and Post-impressionism to the Modern", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, May 1, 2025, p. 63

Exhibitions

  • Dorothea Tanning, Albert Plage, Casino Communal, XXe Festival Belge D’Été, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium, n° 83, June 24, 1967 — August 30, 1967
  • Dorothea Tanning : Oeuvre, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France, May 28, 1974 — July 8, 1974
  • Dorothea Tanning, Galerie Jan Krugier, n° 15, Geneva, Switzerland, November 21, 1974 — December 21, 1974

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