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A black and white print of an oval object on a black background in the form of a postcard.

The black and white print shows an oval object on a white background. A light-colored object is tied to the oval, it is rounded on the top and slopes down to two raised extensions capped with frills. The center extends down and flares out slightly before narrowing to a tapered end. The center is surround by a dark pool.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.204.14
People
Meret Oppenheim, Swiss (Berlin, Germany 1913 - 1985 Basel, Switzerland)
Title
Ma Gouvernante/My Nurse/Meine kindermädchen
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
postcard, print
Date
1937
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342740

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photo offset lithograph
Dimensions
9.2 x 14.1 cm (3 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jack Banning, New York, [Christie's East], sold: to Rick Wester, Dobbs Ferry, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rick Wester and Jennifer Garvin
Copyright
© Meret Oppenheim / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.204.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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