Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
International Prints and Multiples (A - Z)
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 06:00 pm

Meret Oppenheim, Le cocon (il vit), 1974 (Objet-port-bonheur)

Lot 484

Meret Oppenheim, 1913-1985 (CH)

Le cocon (il vit), 1974 (Objet-port-bonheur)

Multiple. Small wooden box with acrylic glass cover, with twigs, sheets and one satin pillow with quicksilver inside.

H 90 mm W 160 mm D 130 mm.

Annotation:

On etiquette: 77/99. Titled on brass plate.
Literature: Curiger X 232.
Annotation: When the pillow is moved from one hand to the other, the quicksilver is translocated - the Cocon is alive.

CHF1'000 / 1'500
EUR900 / 1'300
USD1'100 / 1'600

Hammer Price: CHF 3'600