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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Jeune femme

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Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Petit traité de morale (2 portfolios of 10), 1968

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Petit traité de morale (2 portfolios of 10), 1968

Sale Date: June 17, 2010

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Composition, 1970

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Composition, 1970

Sale Date: May 31, 2010

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Inceste, 1968

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Inceste, 1968

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Suite de gravures (6 works), 1975

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Suite de gravures (6 works), 1975

Sale Date: May 31, 2010

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Mouvement, 1969

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Mouvement, 1969

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A Sade (+ Composition; 2 works), 1961

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A Sade (+ Composition; 2 works), 1961

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Mains-jambes articulées, 1966

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Mains-jambes articulées, 1966

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Drei Szenen

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Femme sur une chaise, pl. 6 (from Petit..., 1968

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Femme sur une chaise, pl. 6 (from Petit..., 1968

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Analogien (portfolio of 5), 1971

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Analogien (portfolio of 5), 1971

Sale Date: June 1, 2010

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Le sofa, 1966

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Le sofa, 1966

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Ohne Titel

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Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Surrealistisk komposition

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Surrealistisk komposition

Sale Date: May 6, 2010

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Au Café, 1972

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Au Café, 1972

Sale Date: May 8, 2010

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Ohne Titel

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Sale Date: April 14, 2010

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A la plage

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Marin et bateau à quai

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Marin et bateau à quai

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Composition, 1986

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Composition, 1986

Sale Date: April 2, 2010

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel

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La mitrailleuse en etat de grâce (study), 1962

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La mitrailleuse en etat de grâce (study), 1962

Sale Date: March 23, 2010

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Le sens commun (study), 1962

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Le sens commun (study), 1962

Sale Date: March 23, 2010

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