Elephant Chairs

Dorothea Tanning
Rainy Day Canapé, 1970, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Dozen works by Tanning now on view in LACMA’s special exhibition In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States.

See Dorothea with Max Ernst here. (Scroll down)

  • Six images from Steve Faletti

  • Alexander Calder

    Everyday thing

    Rare “Elephant” armchair, designed by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann in 1926. It sold at auction in December 2010 for $290,500.

  • Chorus of Charis See some fanatastic chairs by famous artists from here.

    Dragon chair looks like an Elephant