Provenance:

Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia

Acquired from the above in 1988

Exhibited:

New York, New York, Kent Fine Art, Dorothea Tanning: On Paper 1948-1986, January 7 - February 7, 1987, cat. no. 31

Houston, Texas, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Dorothea Tanning: On Paper, June 6 - July 8, 1987, cat. no. 29

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mangel Gallery, Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper, December 4 - 31, 1987, cat. no. 5

Malmö, Sweden, Malmö Konsthall, Dorothea Tanning: Om Konst Kunde Tala (If Art Could Talk), April 3 - May 16, 1993, cat. no. 68

London, England, Camden Arts Centre, Dorothea Tanning: Works 1942-1992, September 17 - November 21, 1993

Literature:

Dorothea Tanning, exhibition catalogue, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden, 1993, p. 137

Jean Christophe Bailly, Dorothea Tanning, George Braziller, New York, 1995, plate 154, ill. p. 178 (color)

We are grateful to the Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.

Framed: 45 1/2 x 65 1/2 x 1 in.

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