Artist Monograph

Dorothea Tanning, American

American, 1910–2012

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	11	45.8%
Lithography	10	41.7%
Oil Painting	3	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	21	87.5%
Painting & Sculpture	3	12.5%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 12
Print — 9
Painting — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	13	54.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	37.5%
Large (1–3 m)	2	8.3%

Range: 15.0 cm → 297.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1947	1
1952	8
1967	10
1986	2
2010	1
2019	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Plate from Le Surréalisme en 1947 Illustrated Book Acc. 343.1947.5	1947	Etching from an illustrated book with eighteen lithographs, four etchings (two with aquatint), two woodcuts, one photogravure, and one ready-made object	plate: 5 7/8 × 4" (15 × 10.1 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 8" (24 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
On Time Off Time Painting Acc. 86.2010	1948	Oil on canvas	14 1/8 x 20 1/2" (35.9 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds, and The Modern Women's Fund
Fifth Peril (Cinquième péril) from The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.5	1950	One from a portfolio of seven lithographs	composition (irreg.): 14 11/16 × 11" (37.3 × 28 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 12 13/16" (50.2 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
First Peril (Premier péril) from The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.1	1950	One from a portfolio of seven lithographs	composition: 14 3/8 × 10 13/16" (36.5 × 27.4 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 12 13/16" (50.2 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Fourth Peril (Quatrième péril) from The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.4	1950	One from a portfolio of seven lithographs	composition: 13 7/8 × 10 1/2" (35.2 × 26.6 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 12 13/16" (50.4 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Second Peril (Deuxième péril) from The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.2	1950	One from a portfolio of seven lithographs	composition (irreg.): 14 3/4 × 10 3/4" (37.5 × 27.3 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 12 13/16" (50.2 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Seventh Peril (Septième péril) from The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.7	1950	One from a portfolio of seven lithographs	composition (irreg.): 14 3/8 × 10 7/16" (36.5 × 26.5 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 12 3/4" (50.4 × 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Sixth Peril (Sixième péril) from The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.6	1950	One from a portfolio of seven lithographs	composition: 14 3/16 × 10 13/16" (36 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 × 12 11/16" (50.5 × 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.1-7	1950	Portfolio of seven lithographs and one additional lithograph on cover	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 19 3/4 × 12 13/16" (50.2 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Third Peril (Troisième péril) from The 7 Spectral Perils (Les 7 périls spectraux) Print Acc. 35.1952.3	1950	One from a portfolio of seven lithographs	composition (irreg.): 14 13/16 × 10 13/16" (37.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 12 13/16" (50.2 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.1-9	1959–61, published 1962	Illustrated book with nine etchings, two with aquatint, and one with drypoint (eight pages cut horizontally into thirds)	plate (each, uncut): 7 5/8 x 6" (19.4 x 15.3 cm); page (each, uncut): 12 x 9 3/4" (30.5 x 24.7 cm); overall: 12 5/16 x 10 1/8 x 3/8" (31.2 x 25.7 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 1) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.1	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6 1/16" (19.4 × 15.4 cm); page: 12 × 9 7/8" (30.5 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 2) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.2	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching with aquatint (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 3) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.3	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 4) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.4	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching and drypoint (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 5) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.5	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching and aquatint (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 6) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.6	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 7) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.7	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 8) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.8	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching (cut horizontally into thirds) from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Untitled (Plate 9) from Personne (Nobody) Illustrated Book Acc. 78.1967.9	published 1962 (print executed 1959-61)	Etching from an illustrated book with nine etchings	plate: 7 5/8 × 6" (19.4 × 15.3 cm); page: 12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Curt Valentin Estate (by exchange)
Dogs of Cythera Painting Acc. 708.2019	1963	Oil on canvas	77 1/2 × 117" (196.9 × 297.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Joan H. Tisch (by exchange)
Orphans from Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouaches, Zeichnungen 1957-1963 Print Acc. 209.1986	1963	Etching	plate: 8 x 6 3/8" (20.3 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 9 15/16" (37 x 25.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman
Notes for an Apocalypse Painting Acc. 709.2019	1978	Oil on canvas	50 × 62" (127 × 157.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Alice and Tom Tisch
Clos Camardon Illustrated Book Acc. 214.1986	1985	Illustrated book with one lithograph	irreg. composition 10 7/8 x 6 3/4" (27.7 x 17.2 cm) irreg. page 10 15/16 x 6 15/16" (27 x 17.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund