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“In this long-awaited, enthralling study, Alyce Mahon shows how Dorothea Tanning brought a new and necessary Surrealism to a war-ravaged world and offers stunning analyses of Tanning's very rich and varied oeuvre.”—Dawn Ades, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Essex “Alyce Mahon brings a welcome feminist perspective to a traditionally male-dominated narrative while also deftly analysing Surrealist practice across a broader geographical and historical context in this fascinating new study.”—Frances Morris, former director, Tate Modern “An absorbing journey through the real and imagined landscapes of Dorothea Tanning that broadens our understanding of Surrealism.”--Manuel Borja-Villel, former director, Museo Reina Sofia  

Selected by Christie’s as a Best New Art Book 2026 “In this long-awaited, enthralling study, Alyce Mahon shows how Dorothea Tanning brought a new and necessary Surrealism to a war-ravaged world and offers stunning analyses of Tanning's very rich and varied oeuvre.”—Dawn Ades, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Essex “Alyce Mahon brings a welcome feminist perspective to a traditionally male-dominated narrative while also deftly analysing Surrealist practice across a broader geographical and historical context in this fascinating new study.”—Frances Morris, former director, Tate Modern “An absorbing journey through the real and imagined landscapes of Dorothea Tanning that broadens our understanding of Surrealism.”—Manuel Borja-Villel, former director, Museo Reina Sofia

In this long-awaited, enthralling study Alyce Mahon shows how Dorothea Tanning brought a new and necessary Surrealism to a war-ravaged world and offers stunning analyses of Tanning's very rich and varied oeuvre.  -- Dawn Ades, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Essex Alyce Mahon brings a welcome feminist perspective to a traditionally male-dominated narrative while also deftly analysing Surrealist practice across a broader geographical and historical context in this fascinating new study.  -- Frances Morris, Former Director of Tate Modern An absorbing journey through the real and imagined landscapes of Dorothea Tanning that broadens our understanding of Surrealism  -- Manuel Borja-Villel, Former Director of Museo Reina Sofia

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Alyce Mahon is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History and a Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Surrealism and the Politics of Eros, 1938–1968; Eroticism and Art; The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde, and numerous essays on Surrealism and the international avant-garde.

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