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Verlag Gachnang 1996. Hardcover with dusjacket, 155 pages Illustrated. 20x25cm fine condition. ISBN 9783906127514. Meret Oppenheim's early drawings and fashion designs, many of them published here for the first time, provide a welcome opportunity to explore the thoroughly improvised, experimental, and marginal approach of this extraordinary artist. Oppenheim created what might be called a ''book of ideas.'' The spontaneity of her creative impulses weighed more heavily than quality as a criterion in selecting the drawings for publication. The artist had studios in Berne, Paris, and Carona (Ticino); it was the atmosphere of her immediate environment that dictated her working rhythm. Photographs of the family's home in Carona, the interior of which still bears Meret Oppenheim's signature, close the ring formed by her life, her work, and her passage through the world. This publication testifies to the open-minded attitude of an artist with enough confidence to…
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Meret Oppenheim Book of Ideas: Early Drawings and Sketches for Fashions, Jewelry, and Designs Hardcover - 1996
by Christiane Meyer-Thoss
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- Title Meret Oppenheim Book of Ideas: Early Drawings and Sketches for Fashions, Jewelry, and Designs
- Author Christiane Meyer-Thoss
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition FIRST
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Gachnang & Springer, Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Date 1996
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9783906127514 / 3906127516
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.74 x 7.79 x 0.82 in (24.74 x 19.79 x 2.08 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 709.2
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Bern: Verlag Gachnang Springer, 1996. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., minute faint wear at top edge of dj spine, negligible impact. no other flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, chips. strong binding.; english text edition.; 155pp., illustrated throughout in color and b/w. oppenheim interview with rudolf schmitz. essay. photographs.. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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