Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 121002570
121002570
Dorothea Tanning
Ce soir ou jamais, 1960.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,000 - 69,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
121002570
Dorothea Tanning
Ce soir ou jamais, 1960.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,000 - 69,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Dorothea Tanning
1910 - 2012
Ce soir ou jamais. 1960.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. Inscribed "Jetzt oder nie” on the reverse of the stretcher by a hand other than that of the artist. 32 x 33 cm (12.5 x 12.9 in). [AW].
• Dorothea Tanning is considered one of the most important figures of Surrealism.
• In addition to painting, her artistic practice encompasses sculpture, literature, stage design, costume design, and spatial installations.
• She had her first solo exhibitions in New York even before her marriage to Max Ernst in 1946.
• Extensive retrospectives were held at venues including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, and the Tate Modern in London.
We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation, New York, for kindly providing us with information.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Der Spiegel, Köln.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
EXHIBITION: Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouaches, Zeichnungen 1957–1963, Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, June 14–July 1963, cat. no. 29 (titled here “Jetzt oder nie”; with an exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouaches, Zeichnungen, Collagen, Amerika Haus, Berlin, January 25–February 27, 1964 (titled here as “Jetzt oder nie”).
1910 - 2012
Ce soir ou jamais. 1960.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. Inscribed "Jetzt oder nie” on the reverse of the stretcher by a hand other than that of the artist. 32 x 33 cm (12.5 x 12.9 in). [AW].
• Dorothea Tanning is considered one of the most important figures of Surrealism.
• In addition to painting, her artistic practice encompasses sculpture, literature, stage design, costume design, and spatial installations.
• She had her first solo exhibitions in New York even before her marriage to Max Ernst in 1946.
• Extensive retrospectives were held at venues including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, and the Tate Modern in London.
We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation, New York, for kindly providing us with information.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Der Spiegel, Köln.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
EXHIBITION: Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouaches, Zeichnungen 1957–1963, Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, June 14–July 1963, cat. no. 29 (titled here “Jetzt oder nie”; with an exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouaches, Zeichnungen, Collagen, Amerika Haus, Berlin, January 25–February 27, 1964 (titled here as “Jetzt oder nie”).
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