Dorothea Tanning

Born in Galesburg, Illinois Aug. 25th 1910. Died in New York Jan. 31st 2012.

Also exhbitions at Galerie Bel'Art: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1996 and 1997.

Dorothea Tanning Foundation, New York

Biography - CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010    
Dorothea Tanning: 100 years - A tribute, Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm
2005    
Dorothea Tanning: Insomnias 1955–1965. Kent Gallery, New York
2001    
Dorothea Tanning: Collages, Drawings, Watercolors, and a Sculpture. Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Dorothea Tanning: Prodigal Papers Drawings-Watercolors-Gouaches. La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York, NY
2000    
Dorothea Tanning: Birthday and Beyond. Philadelphia Museum of Art
2000    
Dorothea Tanning: Birthday Grafiken und Bucher. Max-Ernst-Kabinett, Bruhl, Germany
1999    
Dorothea Tanning: Flowers. Zabriskie Gallery, New York
1999    
Dorothea Tanning: Still in the Studio. Boston University Art Gallery
Dorothea Tanning: Another Language of Flowers. National Academy of Design, New York
1996    
Dorothea Tanning: Estampes. Association des Amis de Max Ernst, Seillans, France
1993    
Dorothea Tanning: Works 1942-1992. Camden Arts Center, London a
Om Konst Kunde Tala (If Art Could Talk). Retrospective. Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
1992    
Mythic Talk: Paintings-Sculptures. Cavaliero/Navarra Fine Arts, New York
Dorothea Tanning: Hail Delirium! Print Retrospective. The New York Public Library, New York
1991    
Con-sequences on Paper. Sedona Museum of Art, Sedona, Ariz.
Dorothea Tanning: Soft Sculpture and Works on Paper. Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York
1990    
Dorothea Tanning: Messages. Nahan Contemporary, New York
1989    
Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives. Runkel-Hue-Williams, London
Emotions. Stephen Schlesinger Gallery, New York
Projects: Dorothea Tanning. Works on paper. Albany Museum of Art
Tanning: Acts on Paper. Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston
1988    
11 Paintings Dorothea Tanning. Kent Fine Art, New York
1987    
Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper. Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia
Dorothea Tanning: On Paper. Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston
Dorothea Tanning. Simms Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans
Dorothea Tanning. Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles
Dorothea Tanning: On Paper 1948-1986. Kent Fine Art, New York
1983    
Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper. Schlesinger-Boisante Gallery, New York
Dorothea Tanning: Paintings. Stephen Mazoh Gallery, New York
1982    
Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper. Cavaliero Fine Arts at the Basel Art Fair
1980    
Dorothea Tanning. Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Dorothea Tanning, Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm
1979    
Dorothea Tanning: Ten Recent Paintings and A Biography. Gimple and Weitzenhoffer, New York
1978    
Dorothea Tanning: Målningar, Collages, Teckningar, och etsningar. Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm
Dorothea Tanning: Drawings, Watercolors and Collages. J.P.L. Fine Arts, London (org. by Galerie Bel'Art)
1977    
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Carneol, Gothenburg (org. by Galerie Bel'Art)
1975    
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm
1974    
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre. Retrospective, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
1973    
En Chair et En Or, etchings. Galerie Editions Georges Visat, Paris.
1971    
Dorothea Tanning: opera grafica, Galerie Einaudi, Milan
Dorothea Tanning: Sculpture. Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Milan
Autour de La Maree. Galerie Suzanne Visat, Paris
1970    
Dorothea Tanning: Sculptures. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1969    
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Geneva
1967    
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Alphonse Chave, Venice
Dorothea Tanning. Retospective, Casino Communal, Albert Plage, Knokke-le-Zoute
1966    
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie d’Art Moderne, Suzanne Feigel, Basel
Dorothea Tanning: Peintures Rrecentes et Petites Sculptures d’Or. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1965    
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
Dorothea Tanning. Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York
1964    
Dorothea Tanning Bilder, Zeichnungen, Collagen. Amerika Haus, Berlin
1963    
Personne. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouches, Zeichnungen, 1957-1963. Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne
1962    
Dorothea Tanning. Edward Loeb, Paris
Dorothea Tanning: Peintures 1959-1962. Galerie Mouradian & Vallotton, Paris
1961    
Dorothea Tanning. Galleria Galatea, Turin
Dorothea Tanning. Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
Dorothea Tanning: Dessins en Noir et en Couleurs. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1959    
Accueil: Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Le point Cardinal, Paris
Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Mouradian & Vallotton, Paris
1955    
Dorothea Tanning. Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London
1954    
Dorothea Tanning: Peintures. Galerie Furstenburg, Paris
1953    
Dorothea Tanning. Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York
1952    
Dorothea Tanning. Honolulu Academy of Arts
1951    
Dorothea Tanning. American Contemporary Gallery, Hollywood
1950    
Sept Perils Spectraux: Lithographies en Couleurs par Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Les 
Pas Perdus, Paris
1948    
Recent Paintings by Dorothea Tanning. Julien Levy Gallery, New York
1945    
Dorothea Tanning. Caresse Crosby Gallery, Washington D.C.
1944    
Dorothea Tanning. Julien Levy Gallery, New York
1934    
Dorothea Tanning, New Orleans

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004         
Muse. Kent Gallery, New York
2003         
The 1940’s: Modern American Art & Design. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
2002         
Beyond the Surrealist Curtain: Sex, Sensuality, and Silence. Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
2001-2002
Surrealism: Desire Unbound. Tate Modern, London and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2001         
The Surreal Woman: Femaleness and the Uncanny in Surrealism. Kunsthalle Bielefeld
2000-2001
Dreaming with Open Eyes: The Vera, Sylvia, and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada 
and Surrealist Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Surreal Anatomies: Works on Paper by Hans Bellmer and Dorothea Tanning. 
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta
Surrealism. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
2000          
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
Societe Man Ray. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
Sweet Dreams & Nightmares: Dada & Surrealism from the Rosalind & Melvin
Jacobs Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
1999-2000  
Surrealists in Exile and the Beginnings of the New York School. Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; 
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1999          
Dada Country: Duchamp and Friends in New Jersey. Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, N.J.
Dance for a City: Fifty Years of the New York City Ballet. New York Historical Society
Surrealism: The Untamed Eye. Works from the Tate Collection. Norwich Castle Museum, United Kingdom.
Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, the Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi Collections. 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
1998-1999  
A Group of Surrealist Works. The Elkon Gallery, New York
1998-2000  
Surrealism in America During the 1930’s and 1940’s: Selections from the Penny 
and Elton Yasuna Collection. Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg; David and 
Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
1998          
Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery. Equitable Gallery, New York
Surrealism Between the Wars. Tate Gallery, London
The Surrealist Vision: Europe and the Americas. Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, CT.
1996-1997  
Surrealist Pillow: An Homage to William Copley. Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
The Inner Eye: Art Beyond the Visible. Touring Exhibition. 
Hayward Gallery, London; City Art Galleries, Manchester; Museum and Art Gallery, 
Brighton; Glynn Vivien Art Gallery, Swansea; Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Vision States: Surrealist Prints from the Collection of Gilbert Kaplan. Grunwald Center 
for the Graphic Arts at the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1996          
A Dada and Surrealist Bouquet. Mayor Gallery, London
The Surrealist and Their Friends on Eastern Long Island at Mid-Century. Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, N.Y.
Moderate Fable: Homage to Marguerite Young. Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
1995-1996  
Exploring the Unknown: Surrealism in American Art. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
The Body Politic: Surrealism on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1927-1947. 
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1995          
Microcosms: Objects of Knowledge (A University Collects). University Art Museum and College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California at Santa Barbara, Calif.
Prints. Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
Paste-up: Past and Present. Kent Gallery, New York
Recent Acquisitions on Paper. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Surrealism. Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY
1994         
American Fantastica. Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, N.Y.
Surrealism: Works on Paper from De Chirico to Pollock. Arnold Herstand and Company, New York
1993         
Benefit for the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Le Cadavre Exquis. Drawing Center, New York
1992-1993
Concurrencies. Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
1992         
Surrealism Embodied: The Figure in American Art 1933-1953. Michael Rosenfeld, New York
Cadavres, Frottages, Collages, Fumages: Inventions Surrealistes. Isidore Ducasse Fine Arts, New York
1991         
Selections from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1990-1991
Modern Masters IV. Runkel-Hue-Williams Ltd., London
1990         
Au Rendez-vous des Amis. Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
Bijoux d’Artistes. Atelier Hugo, London, Paris
La Belvedere Mandiargues, Artcurial, Paris
El Surrealismo Entre Viejo y Nuevo Mundo. Tenerife, Canary Islands
Surrealism: From Paris to New York. Arnold Herstand Gallery, New York
1989-1990
Modern Masters III. Runkel-Hue-Williams, London
1989         
25th Anniversary Exhibition to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary 
Performance Arts. Leo Castelli, New York
I Surrealisti. Palazzo Reale, Milan
1988         
Convulsive Beauty: The Impact of Surrealism on American Art. Whitney Museum of 
American Art, Fairfield County, Stamford, Conn.; Whitney Museum of American Art, Federal Reserve Plaza, New York
Modern Masters II. Runkel-Hue Williams, London
Venice Biennale
Enduring Creativity. Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stamford, CT
1987         
The Anatomyof Drawing: An Exhibition of Nudes. Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
 Assemblage. Kent Fine Art, New York
1986         
38th Academy-Institute Purchase Exhibition. American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
L’Aventure Surrealiste Autour d’Andre Breton. Artcurial Centre d’Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris
1985-1986
Amerikanische Zeichnungen. Stadtische Galerie and Stdtische Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main
1985         
Visitors to Arizona. Phoenix Art Museum
Surrealists. Arnold Herstand Gallery, New York
Cinquanteans de dessins Americains: 1930-1980. L’Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Lorence Monk Gallery, New York
Surrealist Painting: 1930-1950. Jeffrey Hoffeld Gallery, New York
1984         
Kafka. Center National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Surrealism in Chicago Collections. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
1981         
Tracking the Marvelous. Grey Art Gallery, New York
Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva
Art Americaine. Centre National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Le Monde d’Alphonse Chave. Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain, Lyon
1980         
Nya Verk: Thea Ekstrom, Andre Masson, Dorothea Tanning. Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm
1978         
Dada and Surrealism Reviewed. Arts Council of Great Britain at the Hayward Gallery, London
1977         
Paris/New York. Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1972         
Les Peintres Belges et les Surrealistes. Musee d’Art et Industrie, Saint-Etienne, France
The Surrealist Experience. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
1971         
Les Dix Ans du Point Cardinal. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1968         
Schatten Tresors van het du Surrealisme. Casino Communal, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
1966         
Kammagraphies. Galerie Nidrecourt, Paris
1965-1966
La Cle des Chants; Arp, Balthus, Brauner, Chirico, Ernst, Klee, Lam, Magritte, 
Matta, Miro, Sima, Tanning, Tanguy. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1964         
Hanover Gallery, London
1963-1964
Collages Surrealistes: Arp, Brauner, Dali, Duchamp, Ernst,
Herold, Man Ray, Masson, Matta, Miro, Peverelli, Picabia, Schwitters, 
Sophie Taeuber Arp, Tanning. Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris
1962          
L’Objet. Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
Surrealismus: Phantastische Malerei der Gegenwart. Kunstlerhaus, Vienna
1958          
Galerie Creuzevault, Paris
Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris
1956          
Exposition de Trois Peintres Americains: Max Ernst, Man Ray, Dorothea Tanning. Musée de Beaux-Arts de Tours
Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris
1954          
Artists in Arizona. University of Arizona Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1954-1968  
Salon de mai. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Yearly
1953          
Six Artists: Gouaches, Acquarelles, Livres d’Art. Galerie Rene Drouin, Paris.
American Drawings. Tours, France
1951          
Surrealist and Abstract Art. The Brooklyn Museum, New York
1948          
Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art. State University of Iowa, Iowa City
Howard Putzel Gallery, New York
The Temptation of St. Anthony. Knoedler Gallery, New York
1947          
Surrealisme. Galerie Maeght, Paris
1946          
San Francisco Museum of Fine Art Annual.
Bel Ami International Art Competition and Exhibition of Paintings by Eleven American and European Artists. The American Federation of Arts, Barr Building, Washington, D.C. Juried by Marcel Duchamp, Alfred H. Barr, and Sidney Janis
1944          
Abstract and Surrealist Art in America. Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York
The Imagery of Chess. Julien Levy Gallery, New York
Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States. Cincinnati Art Museum; Denver Art 
Museum; Seattle Art Museum; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Art
1943          
31 Women. Art of this Century (Peggy Guggenheim), New York
1941          
Directions in American Painting. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
1937          
De Young Museum Annual. De Young Museum, San Francisco

ARTIST’S BOOKS:
1993    
James Merrill. Nine Lives. New York: Nadja Press. Cover drawing by the artist.
1989-1992    
James Merrill. Volcanic Holiday. New York: Peter Hooten Editions. Eight 
color etchings by the artist.
1986    
Dorothea Tanning. Birthday. San Francisco: Lapis Press. Subsequent editions in 
French (Paris: Christian Bourgois), Swedish (Stockholm: Trevi), German (Cologne: 
Kiepenheuer & Witsch), and Japanese (Tokyo: Saikisha Editions)..
1985    
Stephen Yenser. Clos Camardon. New York: Seacliff Editions. Frontispiece lithograph by the artist.
1978    
Jean Cassou. 22 Poems. St. Gall, Switzerland: Edition Ercker. One lithogrph by the artist.
1976    
Bonjour Max Ernst. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Album with one color etching by the artist.
La mysticite charnelle de Rene Crevel. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. One color 
etching by the artist.
1975    
Dorothea Tanning. Oiseaux en peril. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. With eight color 
etchings by Max Ernst.
1973    
Dorothea Tanning. En chair et en or. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Ten color etchings 
and ten poems by the artist.
1972    
Judith. Paris: Manus Press. Album with six color lithographs by the artist.
1971    
Hommage a Marcel Duchamp. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Album with one etching by the artist.
Dorothea Tanning. Ouvre-toi. Milan: Galerie Alexandre Iolas. Nine lithographic 
reproductions and text by the artist.
1970    
Andre Pieyre de mandiargues. La Maree. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Fifteen color 
etchings by the artist.
1969    
Dorothea Tanning. Exhibition catalogue. Geneva: Galerie Alexandre Iolas. Five lithogrphas by the artist.
1964    
Dorothea Tanning. Demain. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Poem and five color etchings by the artist.
1962    
Lena Leclercq. Personne. Paris: Editions Georges Visat. Nine color etchings by the artist.
1961    
G. Luca. L’extreme occidental. Paris: Editions Meyer. Frontpiece by the artist.
1959    
Rene Crevel. Accueil. Paris: Editions Jean Hugues. Fifteen color etchings by the artist.
Alain Bosquet. Parloes peintes. Paris: Editions Galerie Diderot. Two etchings by the artist.
1950    
Almanac Surrealist. Paris: Saggitaire. Three ink drawings by the artist.
Les sept perils spectraux. Paris: Galerie Les Pas Perdus. Album of seven color 
lithographs by the artist.
1944    
Ramon Sartoris. Three Plays. New York: Black Sun Press. Pencil drawings by the artist.

BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES:
2005    
Howard, Richard and Charles Stuckey. Dorothea Tanning: Insomnias 1955–1965.
New York: Kent Gallery.
1993    
Buck, Louisa. Dorothea Tanning. London: Camden Arts Center.
Dorothea Tanning: Om Konst Kunde Tala (If Art Could Talk). Retrospective 
exhibition catalogue. Malmo, Sweden: Malmo Catalogue of the Dorothea Tanning 
retrospective exhibition. Texts by Sune Nordgren, John Russell, Alain Jouffroy, Sweden.
1992    
Kuspit, Donald. The Amorphousness of Being Other, for Hail 
Delirium. New York: New York Public Library. A retrospective of Dorothea Tanning’s prints.
1991    
Trotter, Ruth. For Dorothea Tanning: Consequences on Paper. Sedona: Sedona Museum of Art.
1990    
Morgan, Robert C. Dorothea Tanning: Messages. New York: Nahan Contemporary Gallery.
1989    
Wilson, Sarah. Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives: Works on Paper. London: Runkle-Hue Williams.
1988    
Hulten, Pontus, “Eleven Paintings by Dorothea Tanning.” In Cage, John, 8 Mesostics 
for Dorothea. New York, Kent Fine Art.
1987    
Kuspit, Donald. Dorothea Tanning, On Paper. New York: Kent Fine Art.
1979    
Dorothea Tanning. 10 Recent Paintings and a Biography. New York: Gimple-Weitzenhoffer Gallery.
1978    
Waldberg Patrick - Le Diamant de L'HeureGalerie Bel'Art, Stockholm
1977    
Dorothea Taning: Numero Special de XXe Siècle. Paris: Editions XXe Siècle. 
Texts by Daniel Abadie, Sarane Alexandrian, Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jacques Baron, 
Andre Breton, Roland Busselen, John Cage, Jean Cassou, Eleanor Clark, Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duhamel, Max Ernst, Pierre Hebey, Pontus Hulten, 
Constantine Jelenski, Alain Jouffroy, Robert Lebel, James Lord, Andre Pieyre 
De Mandiargues, Andre Masson, Joan Miro, Robert Penn Warren, Roland Penrose, 
John Russell, Jean Tardieu, and Patrick Waldberg, Lithographs by André 
Masson, Matta, and Joan Miro.
1976    
Plazy, Giles. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Editions Filipacchi.
1975    
Hulten, Pontus. Dorothea Tanning. Stockholm: Galerie Bel’Art.
1974    
Jouffroy, Alain. Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre. Paris: Centre National d’Art Contemporain. catalogue for retrospective exhibition.
1967    
Waldberg, Patrick. “Dorothea Tanning et les enfants de la nuit.” In Dorothea Tanning. 
Retrospective exhibition catalogue. Brussels: André de Rache (for the XXe Festival Belge d’Ete).
1966    
Bosquet, Alain. La Peinture de Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert.
Lebel, Robert. Prose pour Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Galerie Le Point Cardinal.
1963    
Leclercq, Lena. Poemes pour Dorothea, for Dorothea Tanning Bilder Gouaches 
zeichnungen 1957-1963.  Cologne: Galerie der Spiegel.
1962    
Bosquet, Alain. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Galerie mouradian et Vallotton.
1961    
Arp, Jean. Jeux des epis d’or for Dorothea Tanning, dessins. Paris: Galerie Le Point Cardinal. Carluccio, Luigi. Dorothea Tanning. Turin: Galerie Galatea.
1954    
Bertele, Rene. Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Galerie Fursetenberg. Poems by 
             Jean-Louis Bedouin and Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues.
1944    
Ernst, Max. Paintings by Dorothea Tanning. New York: Julien Levy Gallery.


THEATER AND FILMS:
Theater
1961    
Judith. Theatre de France, Paris. Play by Jean Giraudoux, directed by 
Jean Louis Barrault. Costumes by the artist.
1953    
Will o’ the Wisp. New York City Ballet, New York. Choreography by Ruthanna Boris. 
Sets and costumes by the artist.
1952    
Bayou. New York City Ballet, New York. Choreography by George Balanchine, 
music by Virgil Thomson. Sets and costumes by the artist.
1950    
The Witch. Sadlers Wells with the New York City Ballet, Covent Garden, London. 
 Choreography by John Cranko. Sets and costumes by the artist.
1946    
The Night Shadow. Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, New York. Choreography by 
George Balanchine, music by Vittorio Rieti. Sets and Costumes by the artist.

Films
1978    
Insomnias, The Art of Dorothea Tanning. A film by Peter Schamoni, Argos Films, Paris 
and Munich. Grand Prize for Direction, Festival International du Film d’Art, Palmares, 1981.
1959    
Dorothea Tanning: Le Regard Edloui (The Astonished Gaze). A film by Jean Desvilles, Les Productions Tanit, Paris.
1956    
8 x 8. Film by Hans Richter. Performance by the artist.
1944    
Dreams That Money Can Buy. Film by Hans Richter. Performance by the artist.

      
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Princeton University Art Museum
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California at Santa Barbara
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
New Orleans Museum of Art
The New York Public Library, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Tate Modern, London
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Robert M. Woodruff Arts Center
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
De Menil Collection, Houston