(Women) Artists
(Women) Artists
Property from an Important Private Collection, USA
Dorothea Tanning
Sailor
Lot Closed
May 27, 01:02 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, USA
Dorothea Tanning
1910 - 2012
Sailor
signed Dorothea tanning and dated 88 (lower right) and titled (lower left); signed Dorothea tanning, titled and dated 88 on the reverse
collage, watercolour, gouache, coloured crayon, and pencil on board
44.5 by 31.8cm., 17 ½ by 12 ½ in.
Framed: 65.2 by 45.5cm., 25 ⅝ by 17 ⅞ in.
Executed in 1988.
We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York (acquired from the artist)
Marianne Spottswood, Rhode Island (acquired from the above in 1991. Sold: Bonham's, New York, 11th May 2016, lot 27)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Marianne Spottswood, Rhode Island (acquired from the above in 1991. Sold: Bonham's, New York, 11th May 2016, lot 27)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Jean-Christophe Bailly & Robert C. Morgan, Dorothea Tanning, New York, 1995, pl. 273, illustrated p. 262