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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Portrait d'unica avec l'oeil-sexe (study), 1962

Hans Bellmer

Portrait d'unica avec l'oeil-sexe (study), 1962

Sale Date: March 23, 2010

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Jeune fille assise (+ Portrait de femme,..., 1925

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Jeune fille assise (+ Portrait de femme,..., 1925

Sale Date: March 23, 2010

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Untitled, 1950–1959

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Untitled, 1950–1959

Sale Date: March 17, 2010

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Les chants de Maldoror (portfolio of 8)

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Les chants de Maldoror (portfolio of 8)

Sale Date: February 5, 2010

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Desarticulation sur fond rayé, 1972

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Desarticulation sur fond rayé, 1972

Sale Date: February 15, 2010

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Hommage à Picasso, 1973

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Hommage à Picasso, 1973

Sale Date: February 15, 2010

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Les Bas Rayes, 1974

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Les Bas Rayes, 1974

Sale Date: May 20, 2001

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Bez tytułu

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Sale Date: January 28, 2004

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Les yeux (+ Sans titre, smllr; 2 works), 1961–1962

Hans Bellmer

Les yeux (+ Sans titre, smllr; 2 works), 1961–1962

Sale Date: February 2, 2010

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Extremities

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Sale Date: January 21, 2010

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Untitled (Erotic scene with red lamp)

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Untitled (Erotic scene with red lamp)

Sale Date: January 16, 2010

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Untitled (Erotic scene with long haired girl)

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Untitled (Erotic scene with long haired girl)

Sale Date: January 16, 2010

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Untitled (Erotic scene with oval forms)

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Untitled (Erotic scene with oval forms)

Sale Date: January 16, 2010

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Sans titre, 1986

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Sans titre, 1986

Sale Date: December 9, 2009

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Composition, 1986

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Composition, 1986

Sale Date: December 9, 2009

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Untitled (10 works)

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Untitled (10 works)

Sale Date: November 27, 2009

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Erotische Figurenkomposition

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Erotische Figurenkomposition

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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La Bouche

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Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Unterweisungen des sexualität (bk w/11 works), 1974

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Unterweisungen des sexualität (bk w/11 works), 1974

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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Sans titre

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Sale Date: December 6, 2009

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Tête sur le ventre

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Tête sur le ventre

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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Ohne Titel - Les artistes (+ sketches, verso)

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Ohne Titel - Les artistes (+ sketches, verso)

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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La Poupée, 1935

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La Poupée, 1935

Sale Date: December 7, 2009

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Talons aiguilles, 1962

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Talons aiguilles, 1962

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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