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Recurring dreams 1920-22? by Dorothea Tanning, painted 1947

"Have you ever dreamed you could fly? I have often had this dream."
Avatar, painted 1947 by Dorothea Tanning. Click to enlarge.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Tanning's comment is unusual. She often paints about dreams--you could argue half her career was about showing girls' and womens' dreams that get distorted, denied or just plain ignored by patriarchal society--even Surrealists. But she rarely painted specific dreams of her own. Maybe she made an exception because it was a recurring dream and a universal theme. Though her take on it is distinctly Tanning.

SOURCE: Image and quote from dorotheatanning.org timeline for 1947. DATES: only a guess. Tanning was 10-12 (apparent age of her avatar here?) in 1920-22.


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