Meret Oppenheim - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “I never collaborated with the Surrealists. I always did what I wanted and was discovered by them by chance, you might say.”
    —Meret Oppenheim, 1981

    • Provenance

      Gift of the artist
      Dr. Renate Stendhal, San Rafael, California

    • Literature

      Bice Curiger AB69

    • Catalogue Essay

      Author Renate Stendhal was the studio assistant for Meret Oppenheim from 1973 to 1980 — the time when feminists and the art world (re)discovered the artist of Object the “fur-lined teacup.” Renate helped Meret brainstorm and formulate her position on women’s art, write her famous Basel speech, discuss bi-sexuality, and write German and French letters on the topic of feminism to male critics and writers. Stendhal’s account of her Paris years was published as Kiss Me Again, Paris: A Memoir, IFSF Publishing, 2016.

221

Schwarzer Schmetterling (Black Butterfly) (C. AB69)

1978
Screenprint, spray paint and woodcut, on blue-green Ingres paper, the full sheet.
S. 9 x 6 7/8 in. (22.9 x 17.5 cm)
Signed with initials, dated, dedicated 'für Renata Stendhal von Meret Oppenheim' and annotated 'E.A.' in pencil (one of 20 artist's proofs, the edition was 50 and 15 in Roman numerals), published for the publication Clic by Leonardo Bezzol, framed.

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$1,000 - 1,500 

Sold for $2,540

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 18 - 20 April 2023