Representative work by Meret Oppenheim
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Artist

Meret Oppenheim

1913–1985 · Swiss-German

  • Académie de la Grande Chaumière
  • Basel School of Design

Meret Oppenheim became famous at twenty-three for Object, the fur-covered cup and saucer, but her career ranged much further across painting, sculpture, jewelry, furniture and performance. She repeatedly resisted being reduced to a single Surrealist icon.

Object; sculpture; painting; drawing; jewelry

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure)
  • Ma Gouvernante – My Nurse – Mein Kindermädchen
  • Fur Gloves
  • Table with Bird’s Legs
  • Stone Woman
  • Red Head, Blue Body
  • Miss Gardenia
  • Cloud on a Bridge
  • Spiral Snake Bracelet
  • Six Clouds on a Bridge

Interviews & Writing

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