{"product_id":"hans-bellmer-les-mains-immobiles-galerie-suzanne-visat-new-year-card-paris-1972","title":"Hans Bellmer — Les mains immobiles \/ Galerie Suzanne Visat New Year Card, Paris, 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinted postcard with photographic reproduction to recto; printed bilingual artwork details to verso; handwritten New Year greeting, postal stamp, address, and Paris cancellation mark dated 10 January 1972.\u003cbr\u003e16 × 22 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good vintage condition. Surface rubbing and scuffing to image side, light creasing, softened corners, age toning, postal handling marks, and handwritten inscription. The wear records circulation, storage, and retention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued by Éditions Georges Visat \/ Galerie Suzanne Visat, this card reproduces Bellmer’s 1971 bronze \u003cem\u003eLes mains immobiles\u003c\/em\u003e, a late work that translates his fragmented Surrealist body-language into polished, cast sculptural form. Bellmer, best known for his disturbing doll constructions and erotic anatomical distortions, remained closely tied to Surrealist publishing networks in Paris; Visat was one of the important print and edition figures around that milieu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis copy is stronger than a clean unused card. It has passed through the postal system, been addressed, written on, stamped, and retained. The gallery announcement becomes a social document; the reproduction becomes an object of transfer. Image, greeting, address, date, and postal mark hold the work in circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period item. Shipping included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53588131250514,"sku":"BELLMER-GAL3PLUS2-INV-1972","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Bellmer_Hans._Artist_postcard._1972.jpg?v=1779945691","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/hans-bellmer-les-mains-immobiles-galerie-suzanne-visat-new-year-card-paris-1972","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}