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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A Traccia table, 1973

Meret Oppenheim

A Traccia table, 1973

Sale Date: October 22, 2008

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Einige hohe Geister neben dem Orangenbaum:...

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Einige hohe Geister neben dem Orangenbaum:...

Sale Date: September 19, 2008

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Traccia table, 1939

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Traccia table, 1939

Sale Date: September 27, 2008

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Traccia, 1971

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Traccia, 1971

Sale Date: September 6, 2008

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Tisch Traccia, 1971

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Tisch Traccia, 1971

Sale Date: June 10, 2008

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Bague Cage (made by Cleto Munari), 1984–1986

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Bague Cage (made by Cleto Munari), 1984–1986

Sale Date: June 19, 2008

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Collier (made by Cleto Munari), 1984–1986

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Collier (made by Cleto Munari), 1984–1986

Sale Date: June 19, 2008

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Mann, nach links gehend, 1978

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Mann, nach links gehend, 1978

Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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X-ray, 1964

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Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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Urzeitvenus, 1933

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Urzeitvenus, 1933

Sale Date: May 27, 2008

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Unterirdische Schleife, 1960

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Unterirdische Schleife, 1960

Sale Date: May 27, 2008

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Ohne Titel, 1978

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Ohne Titel, 1978

Sale Date: May 27, 2008

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Christel, 1975

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Christel, 1975

Sale Date: May 27, 2008

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Junge, nach links blickend, 1975

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Junge, nach links blickend, 1975

Sale Date: May 27, 2008

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Blüte, 1960

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Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Berge, 1966

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Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Entwurf für Lampe, 1965

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Entwurf für Lampe, 1965

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Blüte, 1958

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Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Petit Temple dans la Forêt - Waldtempelchen, 1974

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Petit Temple dans la Forêt - Waldtempelchen, 1974

Sale Date: June 6, 2008

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Le Goûter du Peintre - Malers Znüni, 1972

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Le Goûter du Peintre - Malers Znüni, 1972

Sale Date: June 6, 2008

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Sans titre, 1958

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Sans titre, 1958

Sale Date: March 31, 2008

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Traccia, 1936

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Traccia, 1936

Sale Date: January 30, 2008

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Güstenstimme, 1945

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Güstenstimme, 1945

Sale Date: December 11, 2007

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Abendkleid mit Büstenhalter-Collier, 1968

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Abendkleid mit Büstenhalter-Collier, 1968

Sale Date: December 3, 2007

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