ID 949415
Lot 937 | HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
Sans titre (Unica Zürn)
signed 'Bellmer' (lower left) and dated '1956.' (lower right)
pencil on paper laid down on card
17 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. (45.5 x 54.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1956
Provenance
Private collection, Basel (by 1970).
Daniel Cordier, Paris.
Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York (by 2006).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 24 May 2007
Literature
C. Jelenski, The Drawings of Hans Bellmer, New York, 1973, p. 81 (illustrated in color).
"Intercepts" in Lacanian Ink, nos. 24/25, winter-spring 2005, p. 162 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Hans Bellmer: Tekeningen, May-June 1970, no. 13 (illustrated).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hans Bellmer, May-June 1975.
New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Drawing Out of the Void: Hans Bellmer, Pavel Tchelitchew, Steve DiBenedetto and Pieter Schoolwerth, March-May 2004, no. 5.
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung and London, Whitechapel Gallery, Hans Bellmer: Anatomie du désir, March-November 2006, pp. 191 and 269, no. 171 (illustrated in color, p. 191; with incorrect cataloguing).
Post lot text
Rodica Aldoux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Hans Bellmer (1902 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Hans Bellmer (1902 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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