Meret Oppenheim

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Meret Oppenheim was a Swiss-born Surrealist artist best known for her provocative and iconic fur-covered teacup sculpture, "Object" (1936).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Surrealist artist
artist
human
associatedWith Dada-influenced art
Swiss Surrealism NERFINISHED
awardReceived Art Prize of the City of Basel NERFINISHED
birthName Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim NERFINISHED
citizenship Switzerland NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth German Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Switzerland
creatorOf Object (1936) NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1913-10-06
dateOfDeath 1985-11-15
ethnicOrigin Jewish descent
familyName Oppenheim NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork design
painting
sculpture
visual arts
genre Surrealist art
givenName Meret NERFINISHED
hasWorkInCollection Kunstmuseum Basel NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED
honouredIn Meret Oppenheim-Strasse, Basel NERFINISHED
influencedBy Alberto Giacometti NERFINISHED
André Breton NERFINISHED
Max Ernst NERFINISHED
languageSpoken French
German
movement Surrealism
name Meret Oppenheim NERFINISHED
notableFor exploration of gender and identity in art
use of everyday objects in Surrealist assemblage
notableWork Fur-covered cup, saucer and spoon NERFINISHED
Object
Object (Breakfast in Fur) NERFINISHED
participantIn Surrealist movement in Paris NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Basel NERFINISHED
residence Basel NERFINISHED
Paris
sexOrGender female
spouse Wolfgang La Roche NERFINISHED
subjectOf retrospective exhibitions in major museums
workLocation Basel NERFINISHED
Paris
yearOfCreationOfNotableWork 1936

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