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Oil on canvas from Meret Oppenheim. Moon, sun, egg. 1953.
"Meret fixes us for all time in a single instant, one of high emotion: hovering just above land and water, the howling ghosts have gone to ground beyond the horizon, with only a trembling head still visible. And the water lily dares at last to open its petals, which terror had forced closed, lest it be contaminated by their passage." Benjamin Péret (Milan, Exposition internationale du surréalisme, 1961).
Creation date | 1953 |
Date of publication | 1953 |
Languages | French |
Physical description | 22 x 29,2 cm (8 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.) - Huile sur toile |
Copyright | © ADAGP, Paris, 2005. |
Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 4051 |
Keywords | Painting |
Categories | Modern Paintings |
Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100591670 |