Hans Bellmer

(German, 1902–1975)

Hans Bellmer was a German Surrealist artist known for his life-size dolls and erotic photography. His earliest dolls—perversions of the female form with legs growing out of legs—were created out of a desire to oppose the Nazi Regime’s goal of so-called physical perfection. “The female body is like an endless sentence that invites us to rearrange it,” the artist once observed, “so that its real meaning becomes clear through a series of endless anagrams.” He was born on March 13, 1902 in Kattowitz, Germany, in what is now Poland. Once he received the label of degenerate artist, Bellmer fled his home country and moved to Paris, where his challenging work was embraced by members of the Surrealist movement, especially André Breton. After the war, the artist moved into other media, including sexually explicit photography and paintings that explored fetishism through dream-like imagery. He notably collaborated with the artist Unica Zürn on the photographic series Unica Tied Up, featuring close-up images of flesh bulging around tight rope binding in an investigation of sadomasochistic practices. Bellmer died on February 23, 1975 in Paris, France at the age of 72.

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Le Pied

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Le Pied

Sale Date: December 11, 2015

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Femme-dédicace, 1939

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Femme-dédicace, 1939

Sale Date: December 1, 2015

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Portrait de Georges Hugnet, 1948

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Portrait de Georges Hugnet, 1948

Sale Date: December 1, 2015

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VIOLETTA (12 works), 1969

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VIOLETTA (12 works), 1969

Sale Date: November 9, 2015

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Book: La Poupée, 1936

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Book: La Poupée, 1936

Sale Date: November 25, 2015

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Les Milles en Feu (+ Les Quatre Filles; 2..., 1970

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Les Milles en Feu (+ Les Quatre Filles; 2..., 1970

Sale Date: November 15, 2015

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La poupée, 1935

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La poupée, 1935

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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Sans titre, 1938

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Sans titre, 1938

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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La Poupée enceinte, 1937

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La Poupée enceinte, 1937

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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LA POUPÉE, 1934

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LA POUPÉE, 1934

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: October 30, 2015

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Homme au chapeau melon vu de dos et deux jeunes...

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Homme au chapeau melon vu de dos et deux jeunes...

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Femme, 1992

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Femme, 1992

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Etude pour l'ex-libris de Camille Aboussouan, 1955

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Etude pour l'ex-libris de Camille Aboussouan, 1955

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Jeux érotiques

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Jeux érotiques

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Composition aux coeurs

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Composition aux coeurs

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Portrait présumé de Jean-Louis Barrault

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Portrait présumé de Jean-Louis Barrault

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Femmes

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Femmes

Sale Date: October 10, 2015

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LES JEUX DE LA POUPÉE, 1938–1949

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LES JEUX DE LA POUPÉE, 1938–1949

Sale Date: October 27, 2015

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L'érotomane

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L'érotomane

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Composition (ca. 1955), 1955

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Composition (ca. 1955), 1955

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Souterrain No. 13, 1965

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Souterrain No. 13, 1965

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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LA POUPÉE (WITH CARPET BEATER), 1937

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LA POUPÉE (WITH CARPET BEATER), 1937

Sale Date: October 7, 2015

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Souterrain No. 13, 1965

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Souterrain No. 13, 1965

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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