Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World

by Alyce Mahon

This study overhauls canonical accounts of Surrealism, demonstrating how one woman artist expanded its activity and expression in bold new ways for the modern age

The life and art of Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) exemplify the transnational spirit and nomadic practice of Surrealism, an achievement made all the harder because the artist was a woman. In Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World we travel with Tanning across lived places...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300244606
• ISBN13: 9780300244601
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages