Although labeled a Surrealist artist until her death in 2012, Dorothea Tanning had turned away from the movement a half-century earlier. Classic Surrealist works combined precisely painted imagery with imaginary situations. Her paintings in the 1940s depicted women in dreamlike scenes such as houses made entirely of doors. Gigantic flowers and fantastic animals also appeared. But within a decade Tanning produced canvases with no visible figures. Instead her works looked like explosions or chunky clouds within which figures might be hidden. Angles and edges in the clouds merely suggested shapes.
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Tanning's later work was _________.
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A brassy
B mobile
C urban
D abstract
D abstract
D abstract
To determine the answer, we need to analyze the information provided about Dorothea Tanning's later work. It mentions that her paintings in the 1940s depicted women in dreamlike scenes with houses made of doors, gigantic flowers, and fantastic animals. However, within a decade, her works had no visible figures and looked like explosions or chunky clouds with hidden figures. The angles and edges in the clouds merely suggested shapes.
Based on this description, we can conclude that Dorothea Tanning's later work was "D) abstract." This choice aligns with the description of her paintings no longer containing visible figures but rather suggesting shapes through the explosion-like clouds and chunky clouds.