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Created in 1979
Installation notes: 12/27/2007
Number of pins diminished. Anne Lenhart asked Dr. Dorothy Kosinski about it and she relayed a conversation she had with Dorothea Tanning. The number and density of pins in the works should NOT be monitored or mapped. The pins are to be installed in a "Duchampian" manner with no attention to placement.
New pins were purchased for it in 2008.
Geography unverified: 1979 Dorothea Tanning was in New York or France (some sources say she moved to New York the following year, some say '79) but she made trips to New York.
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Tanning, Dorothea (American, 1910-2012)
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Black velvet, wood, metal, paint, and copper
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1979-2005: Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
From 2005: Collection of Deedie and Rusty Rose and the Dallas Museum of Art through the General Acquisitions Fund
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- Tate, London~Learn more about Pincushion to Serve as Fetish at the Tate, London.
- Tate, London~Explore another work of Dorothea Tanning's titled Eine Kleine Nachtmusik from 1943 at the Tate, London.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art~View a self portrait of the artist from 1942 titled Birthday.
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FUN FACTS
- Dorothea Tanning was a writer as well as an artist. She published books of poetry, short stories, and memoirs.
- In 1939, Dorothea Tanning left the United States to live as an artist in Paris. Less than a month later she and many other Americans returned to the US because of the escalating tension as Hitler's armies invaded Poland.
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General Description
Fun Facts
- Dorothea Tanning was a writer as well as an artist. She published books of poetry, short stories, and memoirs.
- In 1939, Dorothea Tanning left the United States to live as an artist in Paris. Less than a month later she and many other Americans returned to the US because of the escalating tension as Hitler's armies invaded Poland.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Tate, London~Learn more about Pincushion to Serve as Fetish at the Tate, London.
- Tate, London~Explore another work of Dorothea Tanning's titled Eine Kleine Nachtmusik from 1943 at the Tate, London.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art~View a self portrait of the artist from 1942 titled Birthday.
Notes
Created in 1979
Installation notes: 12/27/2007
Number of pins diminished. Anne Lenhart asked Dr. Dorothy Kosinski about it and she relayed a conversation she had with Dorothea Tanning. The number and density of pins in the works should NOT be monitored or mapped. The pins are to be installed in a "Duchampian" manner with no attention to placement.
New pins were purchased for it in 2008.
Geography unverified: 1979 Dorothea Tanning was in New York or France (some sources say she moved to New York the following year, some say '79) but she made trips to New York.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Tanning, Dorothea (American, 1910-2012)
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Sculpture
Black velvet, wood, metal, paint, and copper
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1979-2005: Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
From 2005: Collection of Deedie and Rusty Rose and the Dallas Museum of Art through the General Acquisitions Fund
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