Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 06:00 pm
Lot 404
Meret Oppenheim, 1913-1985 (CH)
Le cocon (il vit), Objet-porte-bonheur, 1974
Multiple. Satin pillow with inlaid quicksilver, twigs and foliage, in small wooden box with movable acrylic glass cover.
H 95 mm W 160 mm D 130 mm.
On satin pillow: 3/99. Signed with the monogram and dated: M.O. 1974.
| CHF | 1'000 / 1'500 |
| EUR | 900 / 1'400 |
| USD | 1'000 / 1'500 |
Hammer Price: CHF 1'000
Annotation:
Zurich, Edition 999, Günter Roevekamp.
Literature: Bice Curiger, Dominique Bürgi. Meret Oppenheim, Spuren durchstandener Freiheit. Zurich, ABC Verlag, 1989.
No. X 232. illustration.
Annotation: When the pillow is moved from one hand to the other, the quicksilver is floating - the cocoon is alive.