Dorothea Tanning
DOROTHEA TANNING
(American, 1910 – 2012)
Nue couchée (Reclining Nude). 1965
One of an edition of 60, on wove paper
Etching and aquatint printed in colors
Signed and numbered in pencil on the front
Image size: 12 3/4 by 16 5/8 (32.39 by 42.23 cm)
Dorothea Tanning was an American Surrealist artist known for using her own dreams for inspiration. She came to New York from Chicago in 1935 where she first encountered the works of the Surrealists. She moved to Sedona, Arizona with her husband, Max Ernst, and then moved to France in 1949 where she remained until 1980.