DOROTHEA TANNING, (1910-2012)
LECLERQ (LENA) Personne
LECLERQ (LENA) Personne, NUMBER 16 OF 65 COPIES ON ARCHES, from a total edition of 91, signed by the artist and poet, 9 coloured etched plates of "figures fluides", the first 8 divided into three to form interchangeable heads, torsos and legs, original cloth, spine slightly faded and label a little rubbed, slipcase, 4to, Paris, Georges Visat, 1962
Dorothea Tanning adapts the 1920s and '30s Surrealist game known as "exquisite corpse" - a collaborative activity in which each individual would add to a drawing or text without seeing the contributions of the other participants. The surprising results were thought to reveal the subconscious.
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LECLERQ (LENA) Personne
LECLERQ (LENA) Personne, NUMBER 16 OF 65 COPIES ON ARCHES, from a total edition of 91, signed by the artist and poet, 9 coloured etched plates of "figures fluides", the first 8 divided into three to form interchangeable heads, torsos and legs, original cloth, spine slightly faded and label a little rubbed, slipcase, 4to, Paris, Georges Visat, 1962
Dorothea Tanning adapts the 1920s and '30s Surrealist game known as "exquisite corpse" - a collaborative activity in which each individual would add to a drawing or text without seeing the contributions of the other participants. The surprising results were thought to reveal the subconscious.
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