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Artists›Meret Oppenheim

Meret Oppenheim

?–1985

PhotographySurrealismDadaism

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• Surrealism
• Dadaism

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Meret Oppenheim was a German-Swiss artist working in photography, sculpture, and mixed media whose practice challenged the boundaries between object and image. Born in Berlin and based in Switzerland from the 1930s onward, she became known for her surrealist interventions and conceptual approach to everyday materials. Her most iconic work, Object (1936), a fur-lined teacup, exemplifies her strategy of rendering the familiar uncanny through unexpected juxtaposition. Photography served as both documentation and medium in her exploration of metamorphosis and the poetic potential of ordinary things.

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Artworks (35)

Glove (for Parkett no. 4)

1985 · Multiple of pair of suede gloves with screenprint and hand-stitching

each, irreg. composition 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 8 3/8" (0.2 x 8 x 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Caroline

1985 · Illustrated book with 23 etchings (nine with aquatint, two inkless)

page (each): 11 × 5 1/2" (28 × 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Weak, Weaker, on the Left (Schwach, schwächer, links) (plate, folio 5 verso) from Caroline

1985 · Etching and soft ground etching, printed in color

irreg. plate 10 1/8 x 5" (25.7 x 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Noble Fox at Dawn (Edelfuchs im Morgenrot) (plate, folio 3 verso) from Caroline

1985 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. plate 10 1/8 x 5" (25.8 x 12.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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My Friend's Dog (Der Hund meiner Freundin) (plate, folio 27 verso) from Caroline

1985 · Etching, printed in color

irreg. plate 10 1/8 x 5" (25.8 x 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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What a Beautiful Woman (Quelle belle femme) (plate, folio 31 verso) from Caroline

1985 · Soft ground etching, printed in color

irreg. plate 10 1/8 x 5" (25.7 x 12.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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A LADY ABOUT FORTY (plate, folio 23 verso) from CAROLINE

1985 · Etching and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. plate 10 1/8 x 5" (25.8 x 12.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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WHO SEES THEIR WHITE FINGER (plate, folio 25 verso) from CAROLINE

1985 · Etching, printed in color

irreg. plate 10 1/8 x 5" (25.8 x 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago