Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 06:00 pm

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

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.

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.

CHF1'000 / 1'500
EUR900 / 1'400
USD1'000 / 1'500

Hammer Price: CHF 1'000