Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Sedona, Arizona, 1946.
As a Surrealist artist, Ms. Tanning mined her unconscious, producing disturbing images like “Maternity” (1946), showing a troubled mother, her long gown ripped to rags at the belly, holding a fretful baby. At her feet lies a poodle with a child’s face. The photograph shows the work in progress…
(Photograph by Lee Miller, From : Patricia Allmer (ed.), “Angels of Anarchy - Women Artists and Surrealism” (Prestel, 2009))