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Lune, soleil et œuf

Painting

Author

By (artist) Meret Oppenheim

Description

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 date1953
Date of publication 1953
LanguagesFrench
Physical description22 x 29,2 cm (8 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.) - Huile sur toile
Copyright© ADAGP, Paris, 2005.
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 4051
Keywords
CategoriesModern Paintings
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100591670