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Selected Works12

Children's Games
Children's Games
1942
Simplified Botany - The Sea
Simplified Botany - The Sea
1943
Endgame
Endgame
1944
The Temptation of St. Anthony
The Temptation of St. Anthony
1945
Interior with Sudden Joy
Interior with Sudden Joy
1951
Katchina and Her Soul
Katchina and Her Soul
1951
Le mal oublié
Le mal oublié
1955
Daughters
Daughters
1983
Group of 4 prints (4 works)
Group of 4 prints (4 works)
1986
Sailor
Sailor
1988
Large and Friendly
Large and Friendly
1988
Untitled
Untitled
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Market275 auction results

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$47 – $1.1M
73 of 92 results with prices (last 5 years)
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$36.8K
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$4.8K
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Mar 2024
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Sotheby'sChristie'sTajanSwannSwann Galleries
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Current Exhibitions0

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Sotheby's has unveiled its May marquee sales, headlined by Mark Rothko's monumental painting "Brown and Blacks in Reds" (1957), estimated at $70–100 m…
marketApr 29, 2026
The American Arts Conservancy, a new nonprofit with MAGA-aligned leadership, is fundraising for Alma Allen's 2026 US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale t…
newsApr 29, 2026
Yale University Press has announced its early 2026 art book lineup, featuring exhibition catalogues such as "Raphael: Sublime Poetry" from The Metropo…
cultureApr 28, 2026
This rare 1966 silkscreen poster commemorates the "Hommage à Caissa" exhibition at New York’s Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, a fundraiser organized by Mar…
marketApr 18, 2026
The Museum of Modern Art in New York is launching the first major U.S. survey of Marcel Duchamp’s entire career in over fifty years, a landmark exhibi…
exhibitionsApr 10, 2026
Loïc Gouzer’s boutique auction app, Fair Warning, is expanding its leadership by appointing Saara Pritchard, a veteran specialist from Christie’s and …
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A feature article examines Salvador Dalí's controversial religious painting "Christ of Saint John of the Cross" (1951), which was physically attacked …
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ARTnews previews eight notable art and culture books scheduled for release in April 2026. The list includes Ben Lerner's novel "Transcription," a dual…
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Christie’s concluded its Spring auction series in New York with a historic total of $1.79 billion, bolstered by the landmark sale of the Peggy and Dav…
marketMar 28, 2026
Parisian art dealer Kamel Mennour has acquired the historic Galerie Malingue, taking over its prestigious 4,300-square-foot showroom on Avenue Matigno…
marketMar 18, 2026
Dorothea Tanning's small 1942 Surrealist painting, 'Children's Games,' sold for £3.8 million ($5 million) at Christie's London, nearly quadrupling its…
marketMar 17, 2026
Dealers at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair reported strong sales, defying concerns over global unrest and geopolitical tensions that limited some collec…
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TEFAF Maastricht is reinforcing its position as a premier destination for high-end collectors by increasingly integrating 20th-century secondary marke…
exhibitionsMar 11, 2026
Christie’s London achieved a robust £197.5 million ($265 million) across a triple-header of evening sales, including the 20th/21st Century, Art of the…
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Christie’s London achieved a robust £197.5 million ($263.8 million) across three evening sales, marking a significant 52 percent increase over the pre…
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A Henry Moore bronze sculpture, "Reclining Figure: Festival," sold for $35.1 million at Christie's London, leading a strong series of March 2026 aucti…
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Christie’s London achieved a robust £197.4 million total across three evening sales, representing a 52% year-on-year increase for the season. The mara…
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Christie’s London evening sales achieved a combined total of £197.5 million ($263.8 million) on March 5, 2026, representing a 52 percent increase year…
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Frieze Los Angeles returns to a city landscape significantly altered by both commercial development and recent environmental tragedy. While blue-chip …
exhibitionsFeb 25, 2026
The Dallas Museum of Art's exhibition "International Surrealism" is critiqued as a missed opportunity during the centennial of the surrealist movement…
reviewFeb 9, 2026
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Past Exhibitions7

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Le Surréalisme au service de la distraction

Dorothea Tanning

23 Rue du Cirque, 75008 Paris, France

Sep 26, 2024 — Nov 23, 2024

Encyclopedia: The Late Collages of Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning

509 West 27th Street

Sep 4, 2024 — Oct 24, 2024

Dorothea Tanning | Musical Chairs

Dorothea Tanning

436 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94111

Mar 8, 2024 — May 4, 2024

Dorothea Tanning: Doesn't the Paint Say It All?

Dorothea Tanning

509 West 27th Street

Mar 3, 2022 — Apr 16, 2022

Dorothea Tanning | Murmurs

Dorothea Tanning

507 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 11, 2015 — Jun 27, 2015

Unknown but Knowable States

Dorothea Tanning

436 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94111

Jan 10, 2013 — Mar 2, 2013

Dorothea Tanning | Beyond the Esplanade

Dorothea Tanning

436 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA

Nov 19, 2009 — Jan 30, 2010

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