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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Femme devant la mûr

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Femme devant la mûr

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Marionette, 1969

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Marionette, 1969

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Petit traité de morale, pl. VII, 1968

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Petit traité de morale, pl. VII, 1968

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Weiblicher Akt vor an Säulen gefesselten Akten

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Weiblicher Akt vor an Säulen gefesselten Akten

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Selbstbildnis, 1972

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Selbstbildnis, 1972

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Weiblicher Akt auf einem Stuhl sitzend (from , 1968

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Weiblicher Akt auf einem Stuhl sitzend (from , 1968

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Déshabillage, 1950

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Déshabillage, 1950

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Service Clos, 1965

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Service Clos, 1965

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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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

Sale Date: November 30, 2006

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Les anagrammes du coprs (bk by Alain..., 1973

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Les anagrammes du coprs (bk by Alain..., 1973

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Les marionettes (bk by Heinrich von Kleist..., 1969

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Les marionettes (bk by Heinrich von Kleist..., 1969

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Les marionnettes, 1969

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Les marionnettes, 1969

Sale Date: November 22, 2006

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Les bas reyes

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Les bas reyes

Sale Date: November 22, 2006

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La poupée, 1934

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La poupée, 1934

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Pieuvre et femme

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Pieuvre et femme

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Personnages, 1970

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Personnages, 1970

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Idée sur les Romans, 1960

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Idée sur les Romans, 1960

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Femme, 1958

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Femme, 1958

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Sans titre (Femme utérine), 1966

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Sans titre (Femme utérine), 1966

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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La Poupée from Les Jexu de la Poupée, 1936–1937

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La Poupée from Les Jexu de la Poupée, 1936–1937

Sale Date: November 14, 2006

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La Poupée from Les Jeux de la Poupée, 1936–1937

Hans Bellmer

La Poupée from Les Jeux de la Poupée, 1936–1937

Sale Date: November 14, 2006

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Faces

Hans Bellmer

Faces

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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Four standing figures

Hans Bellmer

Four standing figures

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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Three bodies

Hans Bellmer

Three bodies

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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