Meret Oppenheim Traccia Table

Oppenheim s table like her tea cup touched on a nerve that was about the female.

Meret oppenheim traccia table.

He created this coffee table in 1939 for the parisian gallery by leo castelli where it had been presented under the name bird leg. Traccia table ultramobile this is a second edition table of this classic table. This side table by surrealist artist méret oppenheim is part of the 1972 serial production called ultramobile of the original design she made in 1939. The swiss artist meret oppenheim can be considered in a certain sense the surrealism muse making some of the movement s best known sculptures and posing as a model for a famous series of shots by man ray.

The legs of the table are slender bird s legs. The slim line legs and the taloned feet in polished cast bronze pay homage to the claw foot furniture of the past. One of these pieces was the low table that the swiss artist meret oppenheim designed in 1929 for leo castelli s avant garde gallery dubbing it the bird leg table for fairly obvious reasons. The traccia coffee table is an icon of italian design.

By simon by design d autore meret oppenheim. Choosing the subject of the table where women serve tea or dinner the table suggests an object of offering. 1972 bronze gold leaf wood 62 5 67 5 53 cm. Its elliptical top is covered in pure gold leaf and two fantastical birds are impressed on its surface.

The table becomes a delicate erotic object of irony humor and. Thank you for your patience. From morentz meret oppenheim traccia coffe table ca. Méret oppenheim for simon gavina traccia coffee table in bronze gold leaf and wood italy 1970s.

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