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.
The artist Max Ernst (left) and art historian Werner Spies attend the opening of the retrospective "Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre" at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain in Paris, 1974. Ernst, with his distinctive white hair, is seen in three-quarter profile, while the bearded Spies stands beside him holding a folder. On the gallery wall behind them hangs "Philosophie en plein air," a large abstract painting by Dorothea Tanning herself.
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- Dorothea Tanning, "Philosophie en plein air" ("Fresh-air Philosophy"), 1969.
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