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After Meret Oppenheim
Silk scarf with 'Project for a Girdle (belt)' design
- Estimate
- $500 - 700
$699
Lot Details
Silk scarf in colors.
1937-1938/1996
28 7/8 x 54 1/4 in. (73.3 x 137.8 cm)
Signed with initials in the matrix, produced by Fabric Frontline, Zurich.
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This scarf with one of Meret's iconic images was created in 1996 to celebrate Christiane Meyer-Thoss's book, Meret Oppenheim: The Book of Ideas, 1996. The silk manufacturer and designer André Stutz of Fabric Frontline in Zurich, chose the design together with Christiane. Stutz hand-printed about 200 shawls on either silk or georgette.
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.
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.
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