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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Le chapeau-main, 1974–1974

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Le chapeau-main, 1974–1974

Sale Date: June 13, 2003

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Nachts rosa und grün, 1966–1966

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Nachts rosa und grün, 1966–1966

Sale Date: June 4, 2003

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Ohne Titel

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Sale Date: May 31, 2003

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Portrait d'homme (Mann mit Baskenmütze..., 1942–1942

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Portrait d'homme (Mann mit Baskenmütze..., 1942–1942

Sale Date: May 29, 2003

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Porträt einer Frau mit hochgestecktem..., 1945–1945

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Porträt einer Frau mit hochgestecktem..., 1945–1945

Sale Date: May 29, 2003

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Les mains articulées, 1954–1954

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Les mains articulées, 1954–1954

Sale Date: May 24, 2003

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A sade, 1971–1971

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A sade, 1971–1971

Sale Date: May 8, 2003

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Les anagrammes du corps, 1973–1973

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Les anagrammes du corps, 1973–1973

Sale Date: May 8, 2003

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Le vermoulu et le plissé - la Cáthedrale, 1948–1948

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Le vermoulu et le plissé - la Cáthedrale, 1948–1948

Sale Date: April 26, 2003

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La poupée

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Sale Date: April 22, 2003

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Les jeux de la poupée

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Les jeux de la poupée

Sale Date: April 22, 2003

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La poupée, 1933–1935

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La poupée, 1933–1935

Sale Date: April 17, 2003

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La poupée, 1936–1938

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La poupée, 1936–1938

Sale Date: April 16, 2003

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La poupée, 1936–1936

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La poupée, 1936–1936

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La poupée, 1937–1937

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La poupée, 1937–1937

Sale Date: April 16, 2003

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Deux demi-soeurs, 1933–1935

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Deux demi-soeurs, 1933–1935

Sale Date: April 16, 2003

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La poupée, 1933–1935

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La poupée, 1933–1935

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La poupée, 1933–1935

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La poupée, 1933–1935

Sale Date: April 15, 2003

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La poupée, 1936–1936

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La poupée, 1936–1936

Sale Date: April 15, 2003

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La poupée ou Autoportrait avec la poupée, 1933–1935

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La poupée ou Autoportrait avec la poupée, 1933–1935

Sale Date: April 15, 2003

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La poupée, 1933–1935

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La poupée, 1933–1935

Sale Date: April 15, 2003

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La poupée, 1936–1936

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La poupée, 1936–1936

Sale Date: April 15, 2003

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Komposition, 1969–1969

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Komposition, 1969–1969

Sale Date: April 12, 2003

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Analogie, pl.3, 1971–1971

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Analogie, pl.3, 1971–1971

Sale Date: April 12, 2003

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