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Oppenheim

Object

Carolyn Lanchner

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English
Museum of Modern Art
01 October 2017
In 1936, invited by André Breton to contribute to an exhibition of Surrealist objects, Meret Oppenheim decided to act upon a café conversation she had recently had with Pablo Picasso and his then-companion Dora Maar. Commenting on a fur-covered bracelet that Oppenheim had made for the designer Schiaparelli, Picasso remarked that one could cover just about anything in fur, to which Oppenheim had responded, 'Even this cup and saucer.' The resulting sculpture was Object, a teacup, saucer and spoon purchased from a department store and lined with Chinese gazelle fur. In this volume of the MoMA One on One series, an essay by Carolyn Lanchner, a former curator of painting and sculpture at MoMA, explores the subversive nature of this sensual yet disturbing work, which simultaneously attracts and repels the viewer, and of the dreamlike world of Surrealism in which Oppenheim worked.
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Imprint:   Museum of Modern Art
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 230mm,  Width: 185mm, 
Weight:   210g
ISBN:   9781633450196
ISBN 10:   1633450198
Series:   MoMA One on One Series
Pages:   48
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Carolyn Lanchner is a former curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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