Meret Oppenheim

(Swiss, 1913–1985)

Meret Oppenheim was a German-born Swiss artist and photographer. Considered a key figure in the Surrealist movement, her work focused on the marginalization of women, but also the subversion of art itself. In what is considered her most famous work Object (Le Déjeuner en Fourrure) (1936), the artist covered a teacup, saucer, and spoon in a layer of Chinese gazelle fur, creating a contrast of domestic objects with the expensive furs worn by refined women. “There is no difference between man and woman: there is only artist or poet. Sex plays no role whatsoever. That is why I refuse to participate in exhibitions of woman only,” she once declared. Born on October 6, 1913, in Berlin, Germany Oppenheim moved to Paris at the age of 18 where she attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and fell into the circles of the Surrealists. She famously posed for one of Man Ray’s most famous photographs Erotique Voilee (1933), in which Oppenheim posed nude covered in ink at a printing press. In 1936, she had her first solo exhibition in Basel, Switzerland and began her investigations into female exploitation. Oppenheim’s work set the tone for several later artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, and Ana Mendieta. She died on November 15, 1985, in Basel, Switzerland. Today, much of her archive is held at the the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern, and is also held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others.

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Meret Oppenheim Artworks

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Wolkensplitter

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Wolkensplitter

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Ohne Titel

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Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Sans titre, 1975

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Sans titre, 1975

Sale Date: July 4, 2010

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Nuages sur continent, 1964

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Nuages sur continent, 1964

Sale Date: June 21, 2010

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Guéridon ovale Traccia

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Guéridon ovale Traccia

Sale Date: June 7, 2010

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Stillleben mit Früchten (Still life with..., 1964

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Stillleben mit Früchten (Still life with..., 1964

Sale Date: June 14, 2010

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Guéridon Traccia, 1939

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Guéridon Traccia, 1939

Sale Date: June 17, 2010

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Guéridon surréaliste

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Guéridon surréaliste

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Nachthimmel mit Achaten, 1971

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Nachthimmel mit Achaten, 1971

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Traccia table

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Traccia table

Sale Date: April 25, 2010

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Tisch Traccia, 1971

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Tisch Traccia, 1971

Sale Date: April 29, 2010

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Stuhl, 1977

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Sale Date: May 6, 2010

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Schwarzes Wurzelgeflecht, oben Blüte, 1958

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Schwarzes Wurzelgeflecht, oben Blüte, 1958

Sale Date: May 7, 2010

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Souvenir du déjeuner en fourrure, 1972

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Souvenir du déjeuner en fourrure, 1972

Sale Date: April 2, 2010

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Komposition, 1961

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Komposition, 1961

Sale Date: March 19, 2010

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Grosser bewölkter Himmel über Kontinenten..., 1964

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Grosser bewölkter Himmel über Kontinenten..., 1964

Sale Date: March 25, 2010

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Table guéridon

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Table guéridon

Sale Date: March 16, 2010

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Bracelet surréaliste, La sardine, 1930

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Bracelet surréaliste, La sardine, 1930

Sale Date: March 16, 2010

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Traccia table (from Ultramobile collection)

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Traccia table (from Ultramobile collection)

Sale Date: January 17, 2010

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Le cocon (Il vit) objet porte-bonheur, 1974

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Le cocon (Il vit) objet porte-bonheur, 1974

Sale Date: December 7, 2009

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Bonjour Max Ernst, 1975

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Bonjour Max Ernst, 1975

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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Tisch mit Vogelfüßen, 1939

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Tisch mit Vogelfüßen, 1939

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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Traccia table (from the Ultramobile..., 1939

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Traccia table (from the Ultramobile..., 1939

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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Parapapillonneries (portfolio of 6 w/title,..., 1976

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Parapapillonneries (portfolio of 6 w/title,..., 1976

Sale Date: October 28, 2009

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