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 (6 works of 12 w/text by..., 1955

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Madame Edwarda (6 works of 12 w/text by..., 1955

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel

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Inceste, 1968

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Inceste, 1968

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Zu: Mode d'Emploi, 1967

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Zu: Mode d'Emploi, 1967

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Transfert des Sens, 1949

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Transfert des Sens, 1949

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Ohne Titel (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Ohne Titel (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Ohne Titel (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937–1938

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Ohne Titel (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937–1938

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La Bouche, 1936

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La Bouche, 1936

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Analogies. Analogie 1, 1971

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Analogies. Analogie 1, 1971

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Sans titre, 1970

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Sans titre, 1970

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Dialogues (group of 5 works), 1958

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Dialogues (group of 5 works), 1958

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Composition surréaliste (+ Untitled, verso)

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Composition surréaliste (+ Untitled, verso)

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La Poupee. Hand-tinted, 1937

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La Poupee. Hand-tinted, 1937

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Transfert des Sens (study), 1949

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Transfert des Sens (study), 1949

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Dialogue entre un prêtre et un moribond (+ 9...

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Dialogue entre un prêtre et un moribond (+ 9...

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Die Puppe (bk w/ 10 works)

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Die Puppe (bk w/ 10 works)

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Les mains immobiles

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Les mains immobiles

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Les Jeux de la Poupée (bk w/17 works), 1949

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Les Jeux de la Poupée (bk w/17 works), 1949

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Violetta (+ L'Inceste; 2 works), 1969

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Violetta (+ L'Inceste; 2 works), 1969

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Onze Heures et demi (+ L'Inceste; 2 works), 1968

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Onze Heures et demi (+ L'Inceste; 2 works), 1968

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L'Inceste (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1968

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L'Inceste (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1968

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La Danseuse (+ Doriane; 2 works), 1968

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La Danseuse (+ Doriane; 2 works), 1968

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Entre Deux Eaux (+ Béatrice; 2 works), 1968

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Entre Deux Eaux (+ Béatrice; 2 works), 1968

Sale Date: April 23, 2008

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