DOROTHEA TANNING (1910-2012)
Galeburg, Illinois (USA) 1910-2012 New York (USA)
Title: In Flesh and Gold Portfolio / En Chair et en Os Portfolio, 1973
Technique: Ten Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching swith Aquatint in colours on Japon nacré paper
Paper Size: 43 x 32.2 cm / 16.9 x 12.6 in
Image Size: 27.6 x 21.4 cm / 10.8 x 8.4 in
Additional Information: This is a portfolio of 10 colour Etchings with Aquatint. Each one is hand signed in pencil "Dorothea Tanning" at the lower right margin. Each one is also hand numbered in pencil "85/100" at the lower left margin.
This portfolio was printed in a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions. It was published by Editions Georges Visat, Paris, in 1973.
This portfolio contains 10 poems written by the artist Dorothea Tanning. There is also a poem written by the surrealist Jean Arp.
Literature: Dorothea Tanning- Hail Delirium; A Catalogue Raisonne of the Artist's Illustrated Books & Prints, 1942-1991,. New York Public Library, NY, NY, 1992
Reference: page 64, number 34
Condition: Each print is in very good condition. The first page of the portfolio is discoloured.