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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Madame Edwarda (bk by Georges Bataille w/12..., 1955

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Madame Edwarda (bk by Georges Bataille w/12..., 1955

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Les jeux de la poupée, 1949

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Les jeux de la poupée, 1949

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Deux filles

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La céphalopode, 1965

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La céphalopode, 1965

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Le bon sens, 1964

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Le bon sens, 1964

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Les artistes, 1955

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Les artistes, 1955

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Les mystères du confessionnal (9 works), 1973

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Les mystères du confessionnal (9 works), 1973

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Onze heures et demi, 1968

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Onze heures et demi, 1968

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Corselet de Sade, 1950

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Corselet de Sade, 1950

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Sans titre, 1961

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Sans titre, 1961

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La poupée, 1934

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La poupée, 1934

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La poupée, 1934

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La poupée, 1934

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Ohne Titel

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Mitrailleuse en état de grace - Bewegliches..., 1954

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Mitrailleuse en état de grace - Bewegliches..., 1954

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Hommage à Picasso, 1973

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Hommage à Picasso, 1973

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Sans titre (engraved by Cécile Deux), 1973

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Sans titre (engraved by Cécile Deux), 1973

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Affiche (poster), 1966

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Affiche (poster), 1966

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Petit traité de morale, 1968

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Petit traité de morale, 1968

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Mon arrestation du 26 août, 1959

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Mon arrestation du 26 août, 1959

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La poupée, 1934

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La poupée, 1934

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Les mystères du confessional (bk by Bouvier...

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Les mystères du confessional (bk by Bouvier...

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Dessins 1935-1946 (bk w/text by Joë Bousquet w/1

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Dessins 1935-1946 (bk w/text by Joë Bousquet w/1

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La poupée (bk trans. by Robert Valençay w/10...

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La poupée (bk trans. by Robert Valençay w/10...

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Femme aquatique

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Femme aquatique

Sale Date: November 21, 2008

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