Man Ray And Meret And Pablo And...

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 It began with a joke over lunch.

  In 1936, Meret Oppenheim 
 was at a Paris café with...
 Pablo Picasso, who noticed 
 the fur-lined, polished metal    
 bracelet she was wearing    
 and joked that anything 
 could be covered 
 with fur. 

“Even this cup and saucer,” 
 Oppenheim replied and, 
 carrying the merriment 
 further, called out, 

“Waiter, a little more fur!”

But
what 
the hell 
does that 
have to
do with
a greasy
nude with 
one hand
on the
wheel?

You, 
the reader,
might ask.




Me, the writer, will answer: 

Meret Oppenheim  was not only a true Surrealist sculptor/artist
who created the fur-lined teacup within days after 
asking the waiter for more fur...

She was also a muse and a model.

The "greasy nude" is Ms. Oppenheim and the 1933 photograph 
was taken by Man Ray for his experimental photography 
in  Erotique Voilee.  ________________________________________________________________________________________________