Some Roses and Their Phantoms

Dorothea Tanning, 1952
Some Roses and Their Phantoms, Dorothea Tanning
Some Roses and Their Phantoms, zoomed in
76.3 cmSome Roses and Their Phantoms scale comparison101.5 cm

Some Roses and Their Phantoms is a Surrealist Oil on Canvas Painting created by Dorothea Tanning in 1952. It lives at the Tate Modern in London. The image is © DACS, 2019, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Flowers and Still Life. SourceSee Some Roses and Their Phantoms in the Kaleidoscope

“Here some roses from a very different garden sit?, lie?, stand?, gasp, dream?, die? – on white linen. They may serve you tea or coffee. As I saw them take shape on the canvas I was amazed by their solemn colors and their quiet mystery that called for – seemed to demand – some sort of phantoms. So I tried to give them their phantoms and their still-lifeness. Did I succeed? Clearly they are not going to tell me, but the white linen gave me a good feeling as if I had folded it myself, then opened it on the table.”

— Dorothea Tanning, from Birthday and Beyond, exhibition catalog, Philadelphia Museum of Art 2000, n.p.

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