Lot 36
  • 36

Hans Bellmer

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hans Bellmer
  • Sans titre
  • signed Bellmer (lower left) ; dated 1960 (lower right) 
  • charcoal and white chalk on paper
  • 64 x 48 cm ; 25 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie André-François Petit, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bellmer, 1967, no. 127

Condition

Executed on pale grey laid paper, laid down on card. The upper and lower edges are uneven with associated minor losses in the upper corners. There is a band of time staining around the edges and a trace of tape in the upper right corner (none of the above is visible when framed). Apart from some media marks and handling smudges, this work is in overall very good condition.
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