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Pincushion to Serve as Fetish

MAKER:
Artist

Dorothea Tanning ( American, 1910 - 2012 )

DATE:
1979
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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.
black (color)
cloth
funnels
lines (geometric concept)
pincushions
pins (fasteners)
sculpture
velvet (fabric weave)

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.