Hans Bellmer

Works by Hans Bellmer available at The New Rare.

  • Recto (front): A. François Petit, Paris, December 1965. Recto: printed script invitation on pale green card stock. Text reads: "A. François Petit a l'honneur de vous inviter à l'Exposition d'œuvres choisies de" followed by the names Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, Pierre Roy, Alberto Savinio, Max Walter Svanberg, Yves Tanguy, and Toyen. At foot: Décembre 1965, 122 bd Haussmann, Paris 8e. Verso (back): A. François Petit, Paris, December 1965. Verso: plain pale green card stock, unprinted, with light age toning and minor surface wear consistent with handling.

    A. François Petit, Paris — Surrealist Group Exhibition Invitation, December 1965

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    A. François Petit, Paris — Surrealist Group Exhibition Invitation, December 1965

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  • Original 1968 Hans Bellmer exhibition catalogue, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm — cover reproducing a Bellmer line drawing of a female figure tightly bound and folded, contour lines describing compressed flesh and limbs in a crouching posture; HANS BELLMER in spaced serif capitals below; SVENSK-FRANSKA / KONSTGALLERIET in two lines at foot. Inside spread of 1968 Hans Bellmer exhibition catalogue, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm — left panel with Swedish biographical text on Hans Bellmer (born Katowice, Poland, 1902), noting his connections to Grosz, Heartfield, Schwitters, Éluard, Tanguy, and La Poupée, and references to Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln; right panel headed Teckningar listing 20 drawings dated 1942–1966 including Hommage à Antonine Artaud (1942), Revel II Juillet (1946), Komposition, Vorzeichnung zu Madame Ewarda, Danseurs, De

    Hans Bellmer — Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, 1968

    Hans Bellmer — Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, 1968

  • Original 1971 Hans Bellmer exhibition invitation card, Centre national d'art contemporain (CNAC), Paris — recto printed in white and black on pink-to-cream gradient card stock; CNAC in large white serif type at top; text reading le centre national d'art contemporain 11 rue berryer paris 8 / présente / du 30 novembre 1971 au 17 janvier 1972 / bellmer in large bold black type / ouvert tous les jours sauf le mardi de 12 h à 19 h entrée 3 f / vernissage le mardi 30 novembre 1971 de 18 h à 20 h. Reverse of 1971 Hans Bellmer CNAC exhibition invitation card, Centre national d'art contemporain, Paris — verso showing plain unprinted cream card stock with light age toning and minor surface marks consistent with period paper ephemera.

    Hans Bellmer — CNAC Exhibition Invitation, Centre national d’art contemporain, Paris, 1971–72

    Hans Bellmer — CNAC Exhibition Invitation, Centre national d’art contemporain, Paris, 1971–72

  • Original 1972 Hans Bellmer New Year postcard, Galerie Suzanne Visat, Paris — recto reproducing Bellmer's Les mains immobiles, 1971: dark-ground photographic image of a bronze sculpture showing a crouching figure with multiple articulated mechanical arms and hands, cast by Ateliers Godard in an edition of 21, height 28 cm. Surface rubbing and scuffing consistent with postal handling. Reverse of 1972 Hans Bellmer New Year postcard, Galerie Suzanne Visat, Paris — verso showing bilingual printed artwork caption in French and English identifying Les mains immobiles / The still hand, 1971, bronze, Ateliers Godard, éditions Georges Visat; handwritten New Year greeting in French from La Galerie Suzanne Visat addressed to Monsieur François Lullerat, 95 Bd St Michel, Paris 5e; Paris cancellation stamp dated 10 January 1972 with 0.50 franc postage; copyright notice Hans Bellmer 1971 lower left; p

    Hans Bellmer — Les mains immobiles / Galerie Suzanne Visat New Year Card, Paris, 1972

    Hans Bellmer — Les mains immobiles / Galerie Suzanne Visat New Year Card, Paris, 1972

  • Hans Bellmer Dessins, œuvre gravée exhibition announcement Galerie 3+2 Paris 1971–72 Hans Bellmer surreal anatomical drawing inside Galerie 3+2 exhibition invitation folder Paris 1971–72 Original folded exhibition invitation / announcement folder Offset print in brown ink on graph-paper patterned stock Approx. dimensions: c. 21 × 10 cm folded (unfolds larger) Galerie 3+2, 5 rue Visconti, Paris 6e Exhibition dates: 10 December 1971 – 10 January 1972 Condition: Very good; light age toning, minor handling wear and soft edge wear consistent with period paper ephemera

    Hans Bellmer — Dessins, œuvre gravée — Galerie 3+2, Paris, 1971–72

    Hans Bellmer — Dessins, œuvre gravée — Galerie 3+2, Paris, 1971–72

  • `Exhibition catalogue cover, Seul, et le corps…, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, 1966. Cream matte wrappers with title in large serif type, artist names in italic below: Balthus, Bellmer, César, Cremonini, Dalí, Giacometti, Hélion, Hiquily, Ipoustéguy, Magritte, Matta, Petlin, Rosofsky. Publisher name at foot: Galerie du Dragon.` `Interior spread, Seul, et le corps…, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, 1966. Black-and-white photograph of a sculpture by Philippe Hiquily: bulbous, biomorphic forms contained within an ornate cast-iron grate or fire basket, pierced by thin metal rods. Printed on cream paper, catalogue open flat.`

    Seul, et le corps… — Galerie du Dragon, Paris, 1966

    Seul, et le corps… — Galerie du Dragon, Paris, 1966

  • Original 1983 Hans Bellmer exhibition invitation, Galerie François Petit, Paris — recto reproducing a black-and-white photograph of a doll's face partially obscured by a large hand pressing across the eyes and forehead, a cross-shaped object visible at left margin; from the series of doll photographs for which Bellmer is known. Reverse of 1983 Hans Bellmer 67 photographies inédites exhibition invitation, Galerie François Petit, Paris — verso printed in elegant cursive script typography with artist name Hans Bellmer, exhibition title 67 photographies inédites, dates 20 décembre 1983 au 25 février 1984, gallery name Galerie François Petit, address 196 boulevard Saint-Germain 75007 Paris, telephone 544.64.83.

    Hans Bellmer — 67 photographies inédites — Galerie François Petit — 1983–84

    Hans Bellmer — 67 photographies inédites — Galerie François Petit — 1983–84