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Dorothea Tanning, La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964
Dorothea Tanning, La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964
Dorothea Tanning, La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964
Dorothea Tanning, La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964
Dorothea Tanning, La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964
Dorothea Tanning, La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964

Dorothea Tanning

La Chienne et sa muse (The Dog and Her Muse), 1964
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 ins
102.9 x 83.8 cm, 40 1/2 x 33 ins, framed
© Artists Rights Society, New York, and ADAGP, Paris
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Provenance

The Destina Foundation, New York, USA

Exhibitions

Dorothea Tanning: Murmurs, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, 11 May – 27 June 2015
Dorothea Tanning, Simms Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans, 11 April - 16 May 1987 
Dorothea Tanning, Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, 21 November - 21 December 1974, catalogue, cat. no. 8

Aspects de la figuration depuis la guerre, Musée d'Art et d’Industrie Saint-Étienne, May -J une 1968, no. 38
Le Visage de l’homme dans l’art contemporain, Musée Rath Genève, 30 June - 17 September 1967, catalogue, cat. no. 24, exhibited as “Le Chien at sa muse”;
Dorothea Tanning, Galerie d'Art Moderne, Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Basel, 12 November - 31 December 1966, brochure, cat. no. 7, exhibited as “Le Chien at sa muse”;
Dorothea Tanning: Peintures Recentes, Petites Sculptures D'Or, Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, 24 May - 30 June 1966, catalogue, cat. no. 3, exhibited as “Le Chien at sa muse”;

Literature

Roberts, Helene. 'Metaphors of the Self in the Paintings of Dorothea Tanning.' Visual Resources Association, Vol. 23, no. 4 (Winter 1996), p. 82

Bailly, Jean-Christophe. 'Image Redux: The Art of Dorothea Tanning.' Dorothea Tanning. New York: George Braziller, 1995, p. 34

Thomas, King. 'Dorothea Tanning.' Art Papers, Vol.11, No.4, July/August, 1987, pp. 64-65

Tanning, Dorothea. 'Note Bibliographique.' Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert Éditeur, 1966, p. 152, cited as 'La Muse et son chien'

Publications

Bailly, Jean Christophe. Dorothea Tanning. New York: George Braziller, 1995, p. 11 (black-and-white)

Dorothea Tanning: Numero Special de XXe Siècle. Paris: Editions XXe Siècle, 1977, p. 86 (colour)

Plazy, Gilles. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Éditions Filipacchi, 1976, p. 55 (color), titled “Le Chien et sa muse”

Dorothea Tanning. Exhibition catalogue. Geneva: Galerie Jan Krugier, 1974, plate 8 (black-and-white)

Le Visage de l’homme dans l’art contemporain. Exhibition catalogue. Geneva: Musée Rath Genève, 1967, cat. no. 24, (black-and-white), exhibited as “Le Chien at sa muse”

Dorothea Tanning: Peintures Recentes, Petites Sculptures D'Or. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Le Point Cardinal, 1966, cat. no. 3, plate 6 (black-and-white)

Bosquet, Alain. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert Éditeur, 1966, p. 139 (black-and-white), titled “La Muse et son chien”


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