Table aux pieds d'oiseau, 1983 (1939)
wood, gold leaf and brass
24 x 26 1/2 x 21 inches
edition of 30 signed, numbered, and dated by the artist


This is one of the great pieces of artists' furniture, first made for an exhibition of Surrealist furniture in Paris just before the war.  It is one of those rare objects that is at once perfectly Oppenheim's work and perfectly design of its time.  The gilt top is wood, soft and delicate above the bright, hard legs. Oppenheim published this edition of thirty in 1983. 

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