Object number2022.17.2
Combat
Date1971-1986
Artist
Dorothea Tanning
(American, 1910 - 2012)
CultureAmerican
MediumCharcoal and pastel on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Framed: 27 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 1 in. (69.9 x 83.2 x 2.5 cm)
Framed: 27 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 1 in. (69.9 x 83.2 x 2.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right in pencil: Dorothea Tanning
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right in pencil: '71; lower right corner: 64223; lower left: Combat
according to the Alison Jacques Gallery label, on verso: A
BibliographyAlison Jacques Gallery. Dorothea Tanning: Web of Dreams. Exhibition catalogue. London: Alison Jacques Gallery, 2014, p. 79
Bailly, Jean Christophe. Dorothea Tanning. New York: George Braziller, 1995, pl.182, p. 200
ProvenanceCollection of the artist;Estate of Dorothea Tanning;
Purchased from The Destina Foundation, New York;
Exhibition HistoryDorothea Tanning: Acts on Paper, Hooks-Epstein Galleries Inc., Houston, TX, January 7 - February 7, 1989;
Dorothea Tanning: Prodigal Papers Drawings–Watercolors–Gouaches, La Maison Française, New York University, New York, NY, August 30 - September 28, 2001;
Dorothea Tanning: Web of Dreams, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, United Kingdom, July 11 - September 27, 2014;
Dorothea Tanning: Murmurs, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, May 11 - June 27, 2015
Label TextActive in both the United States and Europe, Tanning achieved international renown for bold experiments across media—printmaking, painting, sculpture, and installation—as well as for an acclaimed body of fiction, memoir, and poetry. Her dreamlike, formally innovative works express a highly personal vision while encompassing broader themes of fear, fantasy, and desire. Combat relates to Tanning’s longstanding concern with the human body in various states of movement and metamorphosis. The bodies twist and contort, recede and emerge from an ethereal space, blurring boundaries of representation and abstraction.
DescriptionAbstract pooling, ghost-like human forms in a background composed of colorful wisping lines and shading in colors of blue, orange, purple, and white.Terms
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