2012.204.14: Ma Gouvernante/My Nurse/Meine kindermädchen
PrintsThe 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
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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
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015
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Verification Level
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