Max Ernst and Werner Spies. Behind them "Philosophie en plein air" by Dorothea Tanning. At the opening of the exhibition "Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre" (retrospective), Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, May 28 - July 8, 1974.
Max Ernst (left), with his wispy white hair, stands with the bearded art historian Werner Spies. They are captured before Dorothea Tanning's painting "Philosophie en plein air" during the opening of her retrospective, "Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre," at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain in Paris on May 28, 1974. Dressed in suits, the two men are seen in a candid moment, their gazes directed away from each other.
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- Dorothea Tanning, "Philosophie en plein air" ("Fresh-air Philosophy"), 1969.
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