Michael Semff [ed.] - Hans Bellmer. With essays by Agnès de la Beaumelle, Alain Sayag, [...]

Michael Semff & Anthony Spira [ed.] - Hans Bellmer. With essays by Agnès de la Beaumelle, Alain Sayag, Wieland Schmied - Ostfildern - Hatje Cantz Verlag - 2006 - 1st edition - 278 pp - Paperback - 23 x 28 cm. - Design: Caroline Sieveking.

Condition: Excellent.

Catalogue of an exhibition on the work of the French-German artist Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) in Centre Pompidou, Paris. Illustrated with photos and reproductions in COLOUR. With list of exhibitions and bibliography.

¶ Bellmer's work, inspired by Dada, is considered to be part of surrealism. He became known for his sculptures of fetish-like dolls (made from parts of mannequins, wood, metal and plaster) and the photo series "Die Spiele der Puppe" (1949). In 1954 Pauline Réage's 'Histoire d'O' appeared in France with an etching by Bellmer on the title page.