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.

Hans Bellmer Artworks

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La force du sang, 1970

Hans Bellmer

La force du sang, 1970

Sale Date: October 14, 1995

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Bildanatomie, 1954

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Bildanatomie, 1954

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Couple enlacé

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Couple enlacé

Sale Date: October 9, 1995

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Dürer gewidmet

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Dürer gewidmet

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Puppe

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Puppe

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Erotische Komposition

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Erotische Komposition

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Untitled from 'Les Marionettes' portfolio, 1969

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Untitled from 'Les Marionettes' portfolio, 1969

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Unterweisung der Sexualität II, 1974

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Unterweisung der Sexualität II, 1974

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La toupie

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La toupie

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Unterweisungen der Sexualitét, 1974

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Unterweisungen der Sexualitét, 1974

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Les colonnes

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Les colonnes

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Analogien

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Analogien

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L'éducation prénatale, 1947–1963

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L'éducation prénatale, 1947–1963

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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Figura al tavolo

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Figura al tavolo

Sale Date: June 22, 1995

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Composition surréaliste

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Composition surréaliste

Sale Date: June 19, 1995

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Composition érotique

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Composition érotique

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A Sade, 1961

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A Sade, 1961

Sale Date: June 10, 1995

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Mode d'emploi, 1953

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Mode d'emploi, 1953

Sale Date: May 31, 1995

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Komposition einer weiblichen Gestalt

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Komposition einer weiblichen Gestalt

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Ohne Titel, 1953

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Ohne Titel, 1953

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La céphalopède, 1965

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La céphalopède, 1965

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Die Mädchenspinne

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Die Mädchenspinne

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Bottines, 1951

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Bottines, 1951

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Portrait, 1968

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Portrait, 1968

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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