Discussion Questions
Self-Portrait
Dorothea Tanning
October 2022
Dorothea Tanning, Self-Portrait, 1944; collection SFMOMA, purchase, by exchange, through a fractional gift of Shirley Ross Davis; © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn; photo: Katherine Du Tiel
- What was the first thing you noticed about this work of art? Why do you think you noticed what you did? What else caught your eye?
- Describe the place that you see in this work of art? Does it remind you of a place you’ve seen before?
- What is the mood of the painting? What visual evidence from the work makes you think this?
- Find a hidden idea or emotion in this work of art. What clues in the work helped you find it?
