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MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)

EVENT
Exhibition Detail
Group Show
The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019


June 24th - January 4th, 2010
 
Object,Meret OppenheimMeret Oppenheim, Object,
1936, Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, cup 4 3/8" (10.9 cm) in diameter; saucer 9 3/8" (23.7 cm) in diameter; spoon 8" (20.2 cm) long, overall height 2 7/8" (7.3 cm)
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> DESCRIPTION
Surrealist artists, writers, and poets placed persistent emphasis on the power of the imagination to transform the everyday. Beginning in the early 1930s, the production of elliptically erotic, sexually charged objects and sculptures became central to their concerns. This exhibition features some of the most notorious works, including Salvador DalĂ­'s bread-and-inkwell-crowned Retrospective Bust of a Woman (1933) and Meret Oppenheim's fur-lined teacup (1936).

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