Executed in 1965watercolour on paperSigned Dorothea Tanning and dated 65 lower right, dedicated with love and all good things to Claude and François, not just because it's noel but for the days of our lives xxx lower

Gift from the artist in 1993

Executed on Japan paper, not laid down and floating in its mount. There is a sheet of beige wove paper affixed at intermittent points to the entire surface of the reverse of the work, which is hinged to the mount in three points along the upper edge with tape. The upper edge is deckled, the right and left edges are slightly deckled and the lower edge is slightly unevenly cut. There are a few creases in places, some of which consistent with the paper, notably on vertical crease (approx. 6 cm long) to the left part of the upper edge. There is a dot of foxing (located 3.5 cm from upper edge and 22 cm from right edge). This work is in overall good condition.
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We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.