Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)
Les Jeux de la Poupée VII, 1939

Hand-colored gelatin silver print, mounted on paper and printed 1939, plate notation 'VII' in pencil on the mount.

image: 5 1/2 x 5 3/8in. (14 x 13.7cm.); mount: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2in. (24.1 x 19xcm.)

Provenance:

Phillips New York, April 1, 2014, lot 65

Literature:

Hans Bellmer, Obliques, 1975, p.101

Taylor, Hans Bellmer: The Anatomy of Anxiety, MIT Press, 2000, pls. 4, 12, for a variant

Corbeau & Renard, La trajectoire du regard. Une collection de Photographies du XXe Siècle, Schaden, 2006, p. 43

Yes, my dolls were the beginning. Obviously there was a convulsive flavor to them because they reflected my anxiety and unhappiness. To an extent they represented an attempt to reject the horrors of adult life as it was in favor of a return to the wonder of childhood, but the eroticism was all-important, they became an erotic liberation for me.

HANS BELLMER

Subtly hand colored, neutral toned print on glossy paper, trimmed to edges and mounted on period book page. In excellent condition. Sold framed.

Frame dimensions: 13 1/2 x 13in. (plexi)

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Les Jeux de la Poupée VII, 1939

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Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)Les Jeux de la Poupée VII, 1939

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Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)
Les Jeux de la Poupée VII, 1939