Hans Bellmer
Les Jeux de la poupée
A groundbreaking surrealist book featuring hand-colored photographs of articulated dolls in provocative scenarios. Created by Bellmer with text by poet Paul Éluard, it challenges conventional representations of the body.
- Medium
- Paris: Les Éditions Premières, 1949. 15 mounted, hand-coloured gelatin silver prints, plus 2 trimmed, hand-coloured gelatin silver prints, one mounted on title page and the other on front cover. Text by Paul Éluard. Original dark grey card wrappers with printed wraparound band. Colophon, signed in pencil and number-stamped '96'. Number 96 from an edition of 136, plus 6 hors-commerce proofs.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
November 23, 2021
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