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German, 1912-1975

Surrealist German artist Hans Bellmer produced images of contorted, disfigured or bound forms of usually pubescent women in drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures. He is best known for creating life-sized dolls and disassembled mannequins and used his art to explore themes of sexuality, lust and death as well as to express his viewpoints on politics and society, work through his own traumas and comment on Freudian psychoanalytic principles.

Bellmer was born in Katowice, Germany. He and his brother lived in constant fear of their stern father who showed the boys little affection. Childish play was forbidden by his cold father. Even though he passed university entrance exams, his father insisted that he work in factories and coal mines instead of furthering his education. His father did eventually agree to allow Bellmer to enter the engineering program at the Berlin Polytechnic but his true passion was art. 

In 1924, Bellmer quit school and became an illustrator and advertising designer for a left-wing publishing house. Upon discovering Dadaism, he associated with artists such as John Heartfield and George Grosz and attended lectures at the Bauhaus art school. As fascist politics took hold around him — Bellmer was living in Berlin when Hitler came to power, and his own father became a Nazi —  he was compelled to create art that reflected his anger and inner turmoil.  

Capitalizing on the manifesto of Surrealist André Breton that called for words to be cut up and rearranged, he created a series of mannequins, dressed as children’s dolls, that explored his own erotic obsessions and abusive relationships around him. With like-minded German artist Unica Zürn, Bellmer collaborated on related works that examined bondage and eroticism for 15 years. 

Many of Bellmer’s works can be found in public collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, the International Center of Photography in New York and the British Museum in London. 

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Artist: Hans Bellmer
Untitled - Etching by H. Bellmer - Mid-20th Century
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary artwork realized by Hans Bellmer in the mid-20th Century. Colored etching Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 54/150
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Aline et Valcour - Etching by H. Bellmer - 1968
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 38.2 x 28.4 cm. Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. Copy on Japon Nacré from the additional suite. Incl...
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Juliette ou les Prospérités du Vice - Etching by Hans Bellmer - 1968
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Juliette ou les Prospérités du Vice is a contemporary artwork realized by Hans Bellmer. Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968...
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Madame est Servie - Etching by Hans Bellmer - 1960
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 120 copies. Provenance: "La Rive Gauche" 28/4/1970.
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Les 120 Journées de Sodome - Etching by Hans Bellmer - 1968
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Les 120 Journées de Sodome is a contemporary artwork by Hans Bellmer. Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. Copy on vélin d...
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La bataille (D. 118)
By Hans Bellmer
Located in OPOLE, PL
Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) - La bataille (D. 118) Etching from 1958. Edition of 99/100. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. -- Published by Joseph Foret, Paris, 1958. L...
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L'Aigle Mademoiselle - Etching by H. Bellmer - 1968
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 38 x 28 cm. Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. Copy on Velin d'Arches. Includes passepartout. Hans Be...
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Interior with Image - Original Etching by H. Bellmer - 1971
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Interior with Image is an original print realized by the famous artist Hans Bellmer in 1971. Good conditions, except for usual signs of aging. Not signed. The artwork represents a Surrealist composition typical of Bellmer's style: the artist is known for his project on mutated body forms of dolls and their unusual poses. Here, a "disarticulation" on the background of a room is represented. Bellmer believed indeed art could stimulate desire in the viewer, and he played with his objects to explore how an artificial figure of a girl could create authentic passion, desire, or fantasy. Hans Bellmer (13 March 1902 - 24 February 1975) was a German artist, well-known for the life-size pubescent female dolls...
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Notes pour la Nouvelle Justine - Etching by Hans Bellmer - 1968
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Notes pour la Nouvelle Justine is a contemporary artwork realized by Hans Bellmer. Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. Co...
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Les Infortunes de la Vertu - Etching by Hans Bellmer - 1968
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Les Infortunes de la Vertu is a modern artwork realized by Hans Bellmer. Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. Copy on Véli...
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