| Between Lives: An Artist and Her World Contributor(s): Tanning, Dorothea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810120852 ISBN-13: 9780810120853 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Dorothea Tanning, one of the twentieth-century's most original and provocative painters, delivers a vivid account of a fascinating life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals not only her life story, but the irresistibly creative mind that propelled her to live it. From the small town of Galesburg, Illinois, to the art hubs of New York and Paris, Tanning traveled the world of Surrealism and went beyond it, with fellow explorers Virgil Thompson, George Balanchine, Alberto Giacometti, Dylan Thomas, Truman Capote, Joan Miro, James Merrill, and Max Ernst, to whom she was married for over thirty years. Their life together forms an important and moving part of her unforgettable story; a story which, spanning almost a century, magically unfolds through Tanning's incandescent prose. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003051216 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.4" W x 8.46" (1.17 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: Dorothea Tanning, one of the twentieth-century's most original and provocative painters, delivers a vivid account of a fascinating life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals not only her life story, but the irresistibly creative mind that propelled her to live it. From the small town of Galesburg, Illinois, to the art hubs of New York and Paris, Tanning traveled the world of Surrealism and went beyond it, with fellow explorers Virgil Thompson, George Balanchine, Alberto Giacometti, Dylan Thomas, Truman Capote, Joan Mir , James Merrill, and Max Ernst, to whom she was married for over thirty years. Their life together forms an important and moving part of her unforgettable story; a story which, spanning almost a century, magically unfolds through Tanning's incandescent prose. |
