{"product_id":"hans-bellmer-hommage-a-hans-bellmer-galerie-francois-petit-paris-1976","title":"HANS BELLMER — Hommage à Hans Bellmer, Galerie François Petit, Paris, 1976","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition catalogue. 25 × 20.9 cm. 24 pages. Staple-bound printed wrappers. Offset printing on cream paper with black-and-white reproductions throughout. Text by philosopher Jean Brun, including \u003cem\u003eBellmer et le corps multiple\u003c\/em\u003e. Standard edition reportedly printed in 2,000 copies. Galerie François Petit, Paris, 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished for the posthumous exhibition \u003cem\u003eHommage à Hans Bellmer\u003c\/em\u003e, held 26 November 1975–26 February 1976. An unusually elegant catalogue: an ornate calligraphic title framed by the repeated gallery name on the wrappers; inside, Bellmer’s drawings, photographs and studies arranged across restrained, generously spaced pages. The refined presentation sits in deliberate tension with the fragmented, doubled and anatomically unstable bodies reproduced within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBellmer began constructing his articulated \u003cem\u003ePoupée\u003c\/em\u003e figures in 1930s Berlin before settling permanently in Paris in 1938 and entering the wider Surrealist circle. Across photography, drawing, sculpture and printmaking, he treated the body as something capable of being disassembled and recombined through desire. Published shortly after his death in 1975, this catalogue records an early posthumous assessment of a difficult and enduringly influential practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: good vintage condition. General age toning to the cream wrappers, light surface marks and handling wear, minor edge and corner softening, and a small crease to the rear cover. Interior remains clean and the binding is secure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galerie François Petit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53848344658258,"sku":"BELLMER-GAL3PLUS2-CAT-1976","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Bellmer_Hans._Galerie_Francois_Petit_Homage_a_Hans_Bellmer._1976.jpg?v=1782489650","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/hans-bellmer-hommage-a-hans-bellmer-galerie-francois-petit-paris-1976","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}