Object number2022.17.3
Bâteau bleu (The Grotto)
Date1950
Artist
Dorothea Tanning
(American, 1910 - 2012)
Publisher
Guilde de la Gravure
CultureAmerican
MediumLithograph in colors, on Arches paper
EditionEdition 117 of 200
Regular Edition of 200
DimensionsImage: 19 1/2 x 13 15/16 in. (49.5 x 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 15 1/8 in. (56.5 x 38.4 cm)
Framed: 29 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (73.7 x 57.2 x 3.8 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 15 1/8 in. (56.5 x 38.4 cm)
Framed: 29 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (73.7 x 57.2 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
Terms
SignedOn recto, signed lower left margin and on verso, center in pencil: Dorothea Tanning
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right margin in pencil: 117/200; lower center margin: Bateau Bleu; on verso, by unidentified hand, lower left corner: Bateau Bleu / 1950
MarkingsPartial ARCHES watermark in upper left
ProvenanceThe Destina Foundation, New YorkDescriptionDepiction of stacked, crumpled forms in blues, oranges and browns with discernable images of eye, eggs in a nest, a pocket watch, arms, and the profile of a woman in the center.
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