Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples less than CHF 5000 (A-Z)
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 06:15 pm
Lot 833
Meret Oppenheim, 1913-1985 (CH)
Le cocon (il vit), Objet-porte-bonheur, 1974
Multiple. Small wooden box with acrylic glass cover, with twigs, sheets and one satin pillow with quicksilver inside.
H 90 mm W160 mm D 30 mm.
On satin pillow: 4/99.
Signed with the monogram and dated: M.O, 1974.
Annotation:
Very good condition.
Literature: Curiger X 232.
Annotation:
When the pillow is moved from one hand to the other, the quicksilver is floating - the cocoon is alive.
Editor: Günter Roevekamp, Zurich.
| CHF | 1'500 / 2'000 |
| EUR | 1'300 / 1'800 |
| USD | 1'600 / 2'100 |
Sold for CHF 1'800 (excl. buyers premium)