Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning

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Object Details

Artist

Irving Penn, 16 Jun 1917 - 7 Oct 2009

Sitter

Max Ernst, 1891 - 1976

Dorothea Tanning, 25 Aug 1910 - 31 Jan 2012

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Irving Penn

Date

1947

Object number

NPG.88.70.18

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 24.2 x 19.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 11/16")

Mount: 25.5 x 28.1 cm (10 1/16 x 11 1/16")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie

Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt

Max Ernst: Male

Max Ernst: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter

Dorothea Tanning: Female

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Designer\Costume designer

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Designer\Scenographer

Dorothea Tanning: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Autobiographer

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