Standard Editions was a short-lived imprint founded in New York by the artists Constance DeJong and

Dorothea Tanning Dorothea Margaret Tanning (25 August 1910 – 31 January 2012) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by Surrealism. Biography Dorothea Tanning was born and raised in Galesburg, Illin ...

History

DeJong and Tanning were introduced by Mimi Johnson at a party in New York. They started Standard Editions together and published DeJong's ''Modern Love'' as well as an unpublished manuscript of Tanning's from 1947 called ''Abyss''.

Publications

* ''The Lucy Amarillo stories''. Constance DeJong, 1978. * ''Abyss''. Dorothea Tanning, 1977. * ''Modern Love''. Constance DeJong, 1975–1977.

References

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