OPPENHEIM, MERET
1913 Berlin–1985 Basel

Title: Hand aus der ein Pilz wächst.
Date: 1941.
Technique: Oil on wood.
Measurement: 22.5 x 32 cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated (incised) lower left: MO 41.
Frame: Framed (30 x 39cm).



Provenance:
- - Galerie Riehentor, Basel (label)

- Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna

- Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt a.M. (acquired in 1998)


Literature:
Curiger, Bice: Meret Oppenheim - Spuren durchstandener Freiheit, Zurich 1989, cat. rais. no. B13



- Meret Oppenheim is a pioneer of surrealism and a feminist icon who challnged conventional ideas of art and gender

- The work captivated with its fantastically transformative elements - a symbol for change

- Wonderful connection of human and nature



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