{"product_id":"16376-meret-oppenheim","title":"Meret Oppenheim","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eMeret Oppenheim (1913–1985) is undoubtedly the most unconventional, innovative artist \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003eSwitzerland\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e ever produced. The photographs Man Ray took of her and her world-renowned \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eFur Cup\u003c\/I\u003e established her name in international art circles and beyond. Yet numerous facets of her prophetic work have remained unknown to this day—including her fountain projects, which she designed on paper and produced as models from the late sixties to the mid-eighties. None of these were commissioned, and so her designs are all the more free and idiosyncratic. Three of these ideas have actually been realized: the \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eMeret Oppenheim Fountain\u003c\/I\u003e in \u003cst1:City w:st=\"on\"\u003eBern\u003c\/st1:City\u003e, the \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eSpiral (Nature’s Course)\u003c\/I\u003e in \u003cst1:City w:st=\"on\"\u003eParis\u003c\/st1:City\u003e, and the \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHermes Fountain\u003c\/I\u003e in Daniel Spoerri’s garden in \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:City w:st=\"on\"\u003eSeggiano\u003c\/st1:City\u003e, \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003eItaly\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e. \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eFountain Stories\u003c\/I\u003e unites all of Oppenheim’s fountain projects, including her unrealized models, in a single publication.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874868261128,"sku":"9783775725903","price":24.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775725903_c6d95eb6-4b19-4373-abbe-6037b63e9b5c.jpg?v=1744117194","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/16376-meret-oppenheim","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}