Lot 20
  • 20

Meret Oppenheim

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 CHF
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Description

  • MERET OPPENHEIM
  • Stillleben, 1934
  • Signed with the artist's initials and dated lower right
  • Gouache on paper
  • 22.5 x 30 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland (directly from the artist)
Private collection, Switzerland (by descent to the present owner)

Literature

Bice Curiger, Meret Oppenheim. Spuren durchstandener Freiheit, Zurich 1989, p. 145, no. A 15, ill. 

Condition

Work has not been unframed. Paper slightly wavy. Right of the middle of the upper margin a minor brownish spot. On the left margin there is a minor standing up with a very small piece of paper. Horizontal fold approx. 1.5 cm below the upper margin. Paper seems to be slightly faded. Otherwise good condition.
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