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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Georges Bataille. Madame Edwarda, 1955

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Georges Bataille. Madame Edwarda, 1955

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L'Envers et l'Endroit (bk by Camus w/1 work), 1956

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L'Envers et l'Endroit (bk by Camus w/1 work), 1956

Sale Date: June 22, 2015

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La toupie, 1968

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La toupie, 1968

Sale Date: June 26, 2015

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Sans titre, 1962

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Sans titre, 1962

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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Etude préparatoire au Portrait d'Unica..., 1961–1962

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Etude préparatoire au Portrait d'Unica..., 1961–1962

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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St. Cyr, 1965

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St. Cyr, 1965

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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La Céphalopode Double, 1902

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La Céphalopode Double, 1902

Sale Date: June 12, 2015

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Female Portrait, 1945

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Female Portrait, 1945

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Untitled, 1939

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Untitled, 1939

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Die Puppe, 1934

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Die Puppe, 1934

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Oeillades ciselées en branche, 1939

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Oeillades ciselées en branche, 1939

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Ohne Titel

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Sale Date: June 9, 2015

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Untitled

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Sale Date: May 28, 2015

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La poupée, à Man Ray avec les hommages de..., 1970

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La poupée, à Man Ray avec les hommages de..., 1970

Sale Date: May 16, 2015

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Ossature de bassin, 1960

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Ossature de bassin, 1960

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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Sans titre, 1960

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Sans titre, 1960

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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L'embryon rouge, 1949

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L'embryon rouge, 1949

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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La poupée, 1936

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La poupée, 1936

Sale Date: May 23, 2015

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Fratzen

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Sale Date: May 7, 2015

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Gedanken

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Sale Date: May 7, 2015

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Frau auf dem Velo

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Frau auf dem Velo

Sale Date: May 7, 2015

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Geneve (bk w/1 work)

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Geneve (bk w/1 work)

Sale Date: April 27, 2015

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À Sade (bk w/10 works)

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À Sade (bk w/10 works)

Sale Date: April 27, 2015

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Les Jeux de la poupée (bk w/15 works)

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Les Jeux de la poupée (bk w/15 works)

Sale Date: April 27, 2015

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