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Lot 7: Hans BELLMER

Hans Bellmer - 1902-1975

Auction House: Christie's

Auction Location: France

Auction Date: 2005

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Description: Dessin original signé.

Sans titre: non daté (1937)
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(315 x 242 mm.) Gouache blanche sur papier à grain noir, signé dans le bord inférieur droit: "Bellmer".

Sous passe-partout, baguette bois et verre (encadrement moderne). (Parfait état.)

Très belle composition surréaliste assemblant des éléments figuratifs féminins: escarpins à talons, jambe recourbée gainée de dentelle et résille, petites mains égrenant 'un chapelet, avec des éléments abstraits: panneaux quadrillés à bordures déchiquetées, traits pointillés partant du centre vers les quatre angles et contour arabesque formant un visage.

Référence: dessin reproduit dans le catalogue Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, Guggenheim Museum, 1999, vol 2, n° 351.

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Notes: Original gouache drawing in white on black paper, signed by Bellmer. Framed and glazed. A fine composition of surrealist elements of special importance to Bellmer. It was included in the Surrealist exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (1999).

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