Details
HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)
Sans titre (Femmes cordes)
signed 'Bellmer' (lower right) and dated '1959.' (lower left)
pencil with white heightening on paper laid down on card
19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.4 x 31.9 cm.)
Executed in 1959
Provenance
Daniel Cordier, Paris (acquired from the artist, circa 1960).
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. 78 (illustrated in color).
B. Keseljevic, "L'œuvre de Hans Bellmer" in Obliques, 1975, p. 41 (illustrated).
S. Taylor, Hans Bellmer The Anatomy of Anxiety, New York, 2000, p. 189 (illustrated, fig. 9.14; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Hannover, Kestnergesellschaft, Hans Bellmer April-June 1967, p. 38, no. 112 (with incorrect dimensions).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Hans Bellmer Tekeningen, May-June 1970, no. 41 (illustrated).
Paris, Centre national d'art contemporain, Hans Bellmer Rétrospective, November 1971-January 1972, no. 122.
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. 204 and 271, no. 182 (illustrated in color, p. 270; titled Untitled (Bound Women); with incorrect dimensions).
New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Form as Memory, February-March 2007.
Post lot text
Rodica Aldoux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Details
HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)
Sans titre (Femmes cordes)
signed 'Bellmer' (lower right) and dated '1959.' (lower left)
pencil with white heightening on paper laid down on card
19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.4 x 31.9 cm.)
Executed in 1959
Provenance
Daniel Cordier, Paris (acquired from the artist, circa 1960).
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. 78 (illustrated in color).
B. Keseljevic, "L'œuvre de Hans Bellmer" in Obliques, 1975, p. 41 (illustrated).
S. Taylor, Hans Bellmer The Anatomy of Anxiety, New York, 2000, p. 189 (illustrated, fig. 9.14; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Hannover, Kestnergesellschaft, Hans Bellmer April-June 1967, p. 38, no. 112 (with incorrect dimensions).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Hans Bellmer Tekeningen, May-June 1970, no. 41 (illustrated).
Paris, Centre national d'art contemporain, Hans Bellmer Rétrospective, November 1971-January 1972, no. 122.
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. 204 and 271, no. 182 (illustrated in color, p. 270; titled Untitled (Bound Women); with incorrect dimensions).
New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Form as Memory, February-March 2007.
Post lot text
Rodica Aldoux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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