At These Rites
1973
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint and sugarlift aquatint on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 27.8 x 22 cm (10 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 43 x 32.5 cm (16 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2005.99.30
Art Historical Context
Dorothea Tanning's *At These Rites*1973) is a captivating color aquatint and sugarliftatint on wove paper, measuring 27.8 x 22 cm in its image area. As a leading figure in Surrealism, Tanningknown for her dreamlike visions blending the erotic, the uncanny, and the feminine—produced this intimate print late in her prolific career. Gifted to the National Gallery of Art Ruth Cole Kainen, exemplifies her shift toward printmaking in the 1970s, allowing intricate explorations of ritualistic themes evoked by the enigmatic title. The dual aquatint techniques are masterful here: traditional aquatint c...