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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Service clos, 1965

Hans Bellmer

Service clos, 1965

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Le vermoulu et le plissé - la Cáthedrale, 1948

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Le vermoulu et le plissé - la Cáthedrale, 1948

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Frau mit Hut, 1969

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Frau mit Hut, 1969

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Untitled (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Untitled (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Untitled (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Untitled (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Untitled (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Untitled (from Les Jeux de la Poupée), 1937

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Paysage, 1973

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Paysage, 1973

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Epure reptiligne, 1965

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Epure reptiligne, 1965

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Figürliche Kompositionen (2 works), 1950

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Figürliche Kompositionen (2 works), 1950

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Les marionettes (portfolio of 11 w/title..., 1969

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Les marionettes (portfolio of 11 w/title..., 1969

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Handstudie, 1945

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Handstudie, 1945

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La chauve-souris (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1968–1969

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La chauve-souris (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1968–1969

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Surreal head

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La poupée, 1937

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La poupée, 1937

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Poupée in hayloft, 1938

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Poupée in hayloft, 1938

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Compositie

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Compositie, 1954

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Compositie, 1954

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Tête de femme

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Tête de femme

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Untitled

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Utan titel

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Utan titel

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Frau am Tisch

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Frau am Tisch

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Vue de Paris, 1926

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Vue de Paris, 1926

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Femme et bicyclette

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Femme et bicyclette

Sale Date: July 6, 2006

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