Dorothea Tanning


 

Biography - CV

Born Galesburg, Illinois, USA on August 25, 1910. Lives in New York City.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010     Dorothea Tanning: 100 years - A tribute, Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm
2005     Dorothea Tanning: Insomnias 1955–1965. Kent Gallery, New York
2001     Dorothea Tanning: Collages, Drawings, Watercolors, and a Sculpture. Zabriskie Gallery, New York
             Dorothea Tanning: Prodigal Papers Drawings-Watercolors-Gouaches. La Maison Francaise,
             New York University, New York, NY
2000     Dorothea Tanning: Birthday and Beyond. Philadelphia Museum of Art
2000     Dorothea Tanning: Birthday Grafiken und Bucher. Max-Ernst-Kabinett, Bruhl, Germany
1999     Dorothea Tanning: Flowers. Zabriskie Gallery, New York
1999     Dorothea Tanning: Still in the Studio. Boston University Art Gallery
             Dorothea Tanning: Another Language of Flowers. National Academy of Design, New York
1996     Dorothea Tanning: Estampes. Association des Amis de Max Ernst, Seillans, France
1993     Dorothea Tanning: Works 1942-1992. Camden Arts Center, London a
             Om Konst Kunde Tala (If Art Could Talk). Retrospective. Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
1992     Mythic Talk: Paintings-Sculptures. Cavaliero/Navarra Fine Arts, New York
             Dorothea Tanning: Hail Delirium! Print Retrospective. The New York Public Library, New York
1991     Con-sequences on Paper. Sedona Museum of Art, Sedona, Ariz.
             Dorothea Tanning: Soft Sculpture and Works on Paper. Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York
1990     Dorothea Tanning: Messages. Nahan Contemporary, New York
1989     Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives. Runkel-Hue-Williams, London
             Emotions. Stephen Schlesinger Gallery, New York
             Projects: Dorothea Tanning. Works on paper. Albany Museum of Art
             Tanning: Acts on Paper. Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston
1988     11 Paintings Dorothea Tanning. Kent Fine Art, New York
1987     Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper. Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia
             Dorothea Tanning: On Paper. Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston
             Dorothea Tanning. Simms Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans
             Dorothea Tanning. Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles
             Dorothea Tanning: On Paper 1948-1986. Kent Fine Art, New York
1983     Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper. Schlesinger-Boisante Gallery, New York
             Dorothea Tanning: Paintings. Stephen Mazoh Gallery, New York
1982     Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper. Cavaliero Fine Arts at the Basel Art Fair
1980     Dorothea Tanning. Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
             Dorothea Tanning, Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm
1979     Dorothea Tanning: Ten Recent Paintings and A Biography. Gimple and Weitzenhoffer, New York
1978     Dorothea Tanning: Målningar, Collages, Teckningar, och etsningar. Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm
             Dorothea Tanning: Drawings, Watercolors and Collages. J.P.L. Fine
             Arts, London (org. by Galerie Bel'Art)
1977     Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Carneol, Gothenburg (org. by Galerie Bel'Art)
1975     Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm
1974     Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
             Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre. Retrospective, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
1973     En Chair et En Or, etchings. Galerie Editions Georges Visat, Paris.
1971     Dorothea Tanning: opera grafica, Galerie Einaudi, Milan
             Dorothea Tanning: Sculpture. Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Milan
             Autour de La Maree. Galerie Suzanne Visat, Paris
1970     Dorothea Tanning: Sculptures. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1969     Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Geneva
1967     Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Alphonse Chave, Venice
             Dorothea Tanning. Retospective, Casino Communal, Albert Plage, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
1966     Dorothea Tanning. Galerie d’Art Moderne, Suzanne Feigel, Basel
             Dorothea Tanning: Peintures Rrecentes et Petites Sculptures d’Or. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1965     Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
             Dorothea Tanning. Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York
1964     Dorothea Tanning Bilder, Zeichnungen, Collagen. Amerika Haus, Berlin
1963     Personne. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
             Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouches, Zeichnungen, 1957-1963. Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne
1962     Dorothea Tanning. Edward Loeb, Paris
             Dorothea Tanning: Peintures 1959-1962. Galerie Mouradian & Vallotton, Paris
1961     Dorothea Tanning. Galleria Galatea, Turin
             Dorothea Tanning. Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
             Dorothea Tanning: Dessins en Noir et en Couleurs. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1959     Accueil: Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Le point Cardinal, Paris
             Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Mouradian & Vallotton, Paris
1955     Dorothea Tanning. Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London
1954     Dorothea Tanning: Peintures. Galerie Furstenburg, Paris
1953     Dorothea Tanning. Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York
1952     Dorothea Tanning. Honolulu Academy of Arts
1951     Dorothea Tanning. American Contemporary Gallery, Hollywood
1950     Sept Perils Spectraux: Lithographies en Couleurs par Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Les
             Pas Perdus, Paris
1948     Recent Paintings by Dorothea Tanning. Julien Levy Gallery, New York
1945     Dorothea Tanning. Caresse Crosby Gallery, Washington D.C.
1944     Dorothea Tanning. Julien Levy Gallery, New York
1934     Dorothea Tanning, New Orleans

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004          Muse. Kent Gallery, New York
2003          The 1940’s: Modern American Art & Design. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
2002          Beyond the Surrealist Curtain: Sex, Sensuality, and Silence. Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
2001-2002 Surrealism: Desire Unbound. Tate Modern, London and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2001          The Surreal Woman: Femaleness and the Uncanny in Surrealism. Kunsthalle Bielefeld
2000-2001 Dreaming with Open Eyes: The Vera, Sylvia, and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada
                   and Surrealist Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
                   Surreal Anatomies: Works on Paper by Hans Bellmer and Dorothea Tanning.
                   Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta
                   Surrealism. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
2000           Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
                   Societe Man Ray. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
                   Sweet Dreams & Nightmares: Dada & Surrealism from the Rosalind & Melvin
                   Jacobs Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
1999-2000  Surrealists in Exile and the Beginnings of the New York School.
                   Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid;
                   Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
                   The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000. Whitney Museum
                   of American Art, New York
1999           Dada Country: Duchamp and Friends in New Jersey. Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, N.J.
                   Dance for a City: Fifty Years of the New York City Ballet. New York Historical Society
                   Surrealism: The Untamed Eye. Works from the Tate Collection. Norwich Castle
                   Museum, United Kingdom.
                   Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, the Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi Collections.
                   Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
1998-1999  A Group of Surrealist Works. The Elkon Gallery, New York
1998-2000  Surrealism in America During the 1930’s and 1940’s: Selections from the Penny
                   and Elton Yasuna Collection. Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg; David and
                   Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
1998           Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery. Equitable Gallery, New York
                   Surrealism Between the Wars. Tate Gallery, London
                   The Surrealist Vision: Europe and the Americas. Bruce Museum of Arts and
                   Science, Greenwich, CT.
1996-1997  Surrealist Pillow: An Homage to William Copley. Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
                   The Inner Eye: Art Beyond the Visible. Touring Exhibition.
                   Hayward Gallery, London; City Art Galleries, Manchester; Museum and Art Gallery,
                   Brighton; Glynn Vivien Art Gallery, Swansea; Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
                   Vision States: Surrealist Prints from the Collection of Gilbert Kaplan. Grunwald Center
                   for the Graphic Arts at the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1996           A Dada and Surrealist Bouquet. Mayor Gallery, London
                   The Surrealist and Their Friends on Eastern Long Island at Mid-Century. Guild Hall Museum,
                   East Hampton, N.Y.
                   Moderate Fable: Homage to Marguerite Young. Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
1995-1996  Exploring the Unknown: Surrealism in American Art. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
                   The Body Politic: Surrealism on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1927-1947.
                   Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1995           Microcosms: Objects of Knowledge (A University Collects). University Art Museum and
                   College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California at Santa Barbara, Calif.
                   Prints. Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
                   Paste-up: Past and Present. Kent Gallery, New York
                   Recent Acquisitions on Paper. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution,
                  Washington, D.C.
                  Surrealism. Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY
1994          American Fantastica. Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, N.Y.
                  Surrealism: Works on Paper from De Chirico to Pollock. Arnold Herstand and Company, New York
1993          Benefit for the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
                  Le Cadavre Exquis. Drawing Center, New York
1992-1993 Concurrencies. Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
1992          Surrealism Embodied: The Figure in American Art 1933-1953. Michael Rosenfeld, New York
                  Cadavres, Frottages, Collages, Fumages: Inventions Surrealistes. Isidore Ducasse
                  Fine Arts, New York
1991          Selections from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1990-1991 Modern Masters IV. Runkel-Hue-Williams Ltd., London
1990          Au Rendez-vous des Amis. Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
                  Bijoux d’Artistes. Atelier Hugo, London, Paris
                  La Belvedere Mandiargues, Artcurial, Paris
                  El Surrealismo Entre Viejo y Nuevo Mundo. Tenerife, Canary Islands
                  Surrealism: From Paris to New York. Arnold Herstand Gallery, New York
1989-1990 Modern Masters III. Runkel-Hue-Williams, London
1989          25th Anniversary Exhibition to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary
                  Performance Arts. Leo Castelli, New York
                  I Surrealisti. Palazzo Reale, Milan
1988          Convulsive Beauty: The Impact of Surrealism on American Art. Whitney Museum of
                  American Art, Fairfield County, Stamford, Conn.; Whitney Museum of American Art, Federal
                  Reserve Plaza, New York
                  Modern Masters II. Runkel-Hue Williams, London
                  Venice Biennale
                  Enduring Creativity. Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stamford, CT
1987          The Anatomyof Drawing: An Exhibition of Nudes. Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
                  Assemblage. Kent Fine Art, New York
1986          38th Academy-Institute Purchase Exhibition. American Academy and Institute of
                  Arts and Letters, New York
                  L’Aventure Surrealiste Autour d’Andre Breton. Artcurial Centre d’Art
                  Plastique Contemporain, Paris
1985-1986 Amerikanische Zeichnungen. Stadtische Galerie and Stdtische Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main
1985          Visitors to Arizona. Phoenix Art Museum
                  Surrealists. Arnold Herstand Gallery, New York
                  Cinquanteans de dessins Americains: 1930-1980. L’Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
                  Lorence Monk Gallery, New York
                  Surrealist Painting: 1930-1950. Jeffrey Hoffeld Gallery, New York
1984          Kafka. Center National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
                  Surrealism in Chicago Collections. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
1981          Tracking the Marvelous. Grey Art Gallery, New York
                  Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva
                  Art Americaine. Centre National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
                  Le Monde d’Alphonse Chave. Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain, Lyon
1980          Nya Verk: Thea Ekstrom, Andre Masson, Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm
1978          Dada and Surrealism Reviewed. Arts Council of Great Britain at the Hayward Gallery, London
1977          Paris/New York. Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
                  Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1972          Les Peintres Belges et les Surrealistes. Musee d’Art et Industrie, Saint-Etienne, France
                  The Surrealist Experience. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
1971          Les Dix Ans du Point Cardinal. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1968          Schatten Tresors van het du Surrealisme. Casino Communal, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
1966          Kammagraphies. Galerie Nidrecourt, Paris
1965-1966 La Cle des Chants; Arp, Balthus, Brauner, Chirico, Ernst, Klee, Lam, Magritte,
                  Matta, Miro, Sima, Tanning, Tanguy. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1964          Hanover Gallery, London
1963-1964 Collages Surrealistes: Arp, Brauner, Dali, Duchamp, Ernst,
                   Herold, Man Ray, Masson, Matta, Miro, Peverelli, Picabia, Schwitters,
                   Sophie Taeuber Arp, Tanning. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1962           L’Objet. Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
                   Surrealismus: Phantastische Malerei der Gegenwart. Kunstlerhaus, Vienna
1958           Galerie Creuzevault, Paris
                   Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris
1956           Exposition de Trois Peintres Americains: Max Ernst, Man Ray, Dorothea
                   Tanning. Musée de Beaux-Arts de Tours
                   Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris
1954           Artists in Arizona. University of Arizona Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1954-1968  Salon de mai. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Yearly
1953           Six Artists: Gouaches, Acquarelles, Livres d’Art. Galerie Rene Drouin, Paris.
                   American Drawings. Tours, France
1951           Surrealist and Abstract Art. The Brooklyn Museum, New York
1948           Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art. State University of Iowa, Iowa City
                   Howard Putzel Gallery, New York
                   The Temptation of St. Anthony. Knoedler Gallery, New York
1947           Surrealisme. Galerie Maeght, Paris
1946           San Francisco Museum of Fine Art Annual.
                   Bel Ami International Art Competition and Exhibition of Paintings by Eleven American and
                   European Artists. The American Federation of Arts, Barr Building, Washington, D.C. Juried
                   by Marcel Duchamp, Alfred H. Barr, and Sidney Janis
1944           Abstract and Surrealist Art in America. Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York
                   The Imagery of Chess. Julien Levy Gallery, New York
                   Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States. Cincinnati Art Museum; Denver Art
                   Museum; Seattle Art Museum; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Art
1943           31 Women. Art of this Century, New York
1941           Directions in American Painting. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
1937           De Young Museum Annual. De Young Museum, San Francisco

ARTIST’S BOOKS:
1993     James Merrill. Nine Lives. New York: Nadja Press. Cover drawing by the artist.
1989-1992     James Merrill. Volcanic Holiday. New York: Peter Hooten Editions. Eight
                      color etchings by the artist.
1986     Dorothea Tanning. Birthday. San Francisco: Lapis Press. Subsequent editions in
             French (Paris: Christian Bourgois), Swedish (Stockholm: Trevi), German (Cologne:
             Kiepenheuer & Witsch), and Japanese (Tokyo: Saikisha Editions)..
1985     Stephen Yenser. Clos Camardon. New York: Seacliff Editions. Frontispiece lithograph by the artist.
1978     Jean Cassou. 22 Poems. St. Gall, Switzerland: Edition Ercker. One lithogrph by the artist.
1976     Bonjour Max Ernst. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Album with one color etching by the artist.
             La mysticite charnelle de Rene Crevel. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. One color
             etching by the artist.
1975     Dorothea Tanning. Oiseaux en peril. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. With eight color
             etchings by Max Ernst.
1973     Dorothea Tanning. En chair et en or. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Ten color etchings
             and ten poems by the artist.
1972     Judith. Paris: Manus Press. Album with six color lithographs by the artist.
1971     Hommage a Marcel Duchamp. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Album with one etching by the artist.
             Dorothea Tanning. Ouvre-toi. Milan: Galerie Alexandre Iolas. Nine lithographic
             reproductions and text by the artist.
1970     Andre Pieyre de mandiargues. La Maree. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Fifteen color
             etchings by the artist.
1969     Dorothea Tanning. Exhibition catalogue. Geneva: Galerie Alexandre Iolas. Five lithogrphas by the artist.
1964     Dorothea Tanning. Demain. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Poem and five color etchings by the artist.
1962     Lena Leclercq. Personne. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Nine color etchings by the artist.
1961     G. Luca. L’extreme occidental. Paris: Editions Meyer. Frontpiece by the artist.
1959     Rene Crevel. Accueil. Paris: Editions Jean Hugues. Fifteen color etchings by the artist.
             Alain Bosquet. Parloes peintes. Paris: Editions Galerie Diderot. Two etchings by the artist.
1950     Almanac Surrealist. Paris: Saggitaire. Three ink drawings by the artist.
             Les sept perils spectraux. Paris: Galerie Les Pas Perdus. Album of seven color
             lithographs by the artist.
1944     Ramon Sartoris. Three Plays. New York: Black Sun Press. Pencil drawings by the artist.

BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES:
2005     Howard, Richard and Charles Stuckey. Dorothea Tanning: Insomnias 1955–1965.
             New York: Kent Gallery.
1993     Buck, Louisa. Dorothea Tanning. London: Camden Arts Center.
             Dorothea Tanning: Om Konst Kunde Tala (If Art Could Talk). Retrospective
             exhibition catalogue. Malmo, Sweden: Malmo Catalogue of the Dorothea Tanning
             retrospective exhibition. Texts by Sune Nordgren, John Russell, Alain Jouffroy, Sweden.
1992     Kuspit, Donald. The Amorphousness of Being Other, for Hail
             Delirium. New York: New York Public Library. A retrospective of Dorothea Tanning’s prints.
1991     Trotter, Ruth. For Dorothea Tanning: Consequences on Paper. Sedona: Sedona Museum of Art.
1990     Morgan, Robert C. Dorothea Tanning: Messages. New York: Nahan Contemporary Gallery.
1989     Wilson, Sarah. Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives: Works on Paper. London: Runkle-Hue Williams.
1988     Julten, Pontus, “Eleven Paintings by Dorothea Tanning.” In Cage, John, 8 Mesostics
             for Dorothea. New York, Kent Fine Art.
1987     Kuspit, Donald. Dorothea Tanning, On Paper. New York: Kent Fine Art.
1979     Dorothea Tanning. 10 Recent Paintings and a Biography. New York: Gimple-Weitzenhoffer Gallery.
1978     Waldberg Patrick - Le Diamant de L'Heure, Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm
1977     Dorothea Taning: Numero Special de XXe Siècle. Paris: Editions XXe Siècle.
             Texts by Daniel Abadie, Sarane Alexandrian, Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jacques Baron,
             Andre Breton, Roland Busselen, John Cage, Jean Cassou, Eleanor Clark,
             Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duhamel, Max Ernst, Pierre Hebey, Pontus Hulten,
             Constantine Jelenski, Alain Jouffroy, Robert Lebel, James Lord, Andre Pieyre
             De Mandiargues, Andre Masson, Joan Miro, Robert Penn Warren, Roland Penrose,
             John Russell, Jean Tardieu, and Patrick Waldberg, Lithographs by André
             Masson, Matta, and Joan Miro.
1976     Plazy, Giles. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Editions Filipacchi.
1975     Hulten, Pontus. Dorothea Tanning. Stockholm: Galerie Bel’Art.
1974     Jouffroy, Alain. Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre. Paris: Centre National d’Art Contemporain. Catalogue
             for retrospective exhibition.
1967     Waldberg, Patrick. “Dorothea Tanning et les enfants de la nuit.” In Dorothea Tanning.
             Retrospective exhibition catalogue. Brussels: André de Rache (for the XXe Festival Belge d’Ete).
1966     Bosquet, Alain. La Peinture de Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert.
             Lebel, Robert. Prose pour Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Galerie Le Point Cardinal.
1963     Leclercq, Lena. Poemes pour Dorothea, for Dorothea Tanning Bilder Gouaches
             zeichnungen 1957-1963.  Cologne:
             Galerie der Spiegel.
1962     Bosquet, Alain. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Galerie mouradian et Vallotton.
1961     Arp, Jean. Jeux des epis d’or for Dorothea Tanning, dessins. Paris: Galerie Le Point Cardinal.
             Carluccio, Luigi. Dorothea Tanning. Turin: Galerie Galatea.
1954     Bertele, Rene. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Galerie Fursetenberg. Poems by
             Jean-Louis Bedouin and Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues.
1944     Ernst, Max. Paintings by Dorothea Tanning. New York: Julien Levy Gallery.


THEATER AND FILMS:
Theater
1961     Judith. Theatre de France, Paris. Play by Jean Giraudoux, directed by
             Jean Louis Barrault. Costumes by the artist.
1953     Will o’ the Wisp. New York City Ballet, New York. Choreography by Ruthanna Boris.
             Sets and costumes by the artist.
1952     Bayou. New York City Ballet, New York. Choreography by George Balanchine,
             music by Virgil Thomson. Sets and costumes by the artist.
1950     The Witch. Sadlers Wells with the New York City Ballet, Covent Garden, London.
             Choreography by John Cranko. Sets and costumes by the artist.
1946     The Night Shadow. Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, New York. Choreography by
             George Balanchine, music by Vittorio Rieti. Sets and Costumes by the artist.

Films
1978     Insomnias, The Art of Dorothea Tanning. A film by Peter Schamoni, Argos Films, Paris
             and Munich. Grand Prize for Direction, Festival International du Film d’Art, Palmares, 1981.
1959     Dorothea Tanning: Le Regard Edloui (The Astonished Gaze). A film by Jean
             Desvilles, Les Productions Tanit, Paris.
1956     8 x 8. Film by Hans Richter. Performance by the artist.
1944     Dreams That Money Can Buy. Film by Hans Richter. Performance by the artist.

     
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Princeton University Art Museum
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California at Santa Barbara
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
New Orleans Museum of Art
The New York Public Library, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Tate Modern, London
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Robert M. Woodruff Arts Center
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
De Menil Collection, Houston