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Hans Bellmer

German, 1902–1975

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Hans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer.

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Works in Collection

28 works
Doll

Doll

Hans Bellmer

Paris 1936 (cast 1965)

Feuilles éparses

Feuilles éparses

Jean (Hans) Arp

1957–65, published 1965

Games of the Doll

Games of the Doll

Hans Bellmer

1949

Le Surréalisme en 1947

Le Surréalisme en 1947

Jean (Hans) Arp

1947

Little Girl with a Top (Petite fille à la toupie) (plate, page 103) from Feuilles éparses

Little Girl with a Top (Petite fille à la toupie) (plate,...

Hans Bellmer

1965

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Plate from La Poupée

Plate from La Poupée

Hans Bellmer

1936

Reptile Drawing (Épure reptiligne) (plate, page 31) from Feuilles éparses

Reptile Drawing (Épure reptiligne) (plate, page 31) from ...

Hans Bellmer

1965

Rose ou Vert la nuit

Rose ou Vert la nuit

Hans Bellmer

1966

The Doll

The Doll

Hans Bellmer

1936

The Doll

The Doll

Hans Bellmer

1937

The Doll

The Doll

Hans Bellmer

1935-37

The Hand Hat (Le Chapeau-main) (plate) from Le Surréalisme en 1947

The Hand Hat (Le Chapeau-main) (plate) from Le Surréalism...

Hans Bellmer

1947

The Machine-Gunneress in a State of Grace

The Machine-Gunneress in a State of Grace

Hans Bellmer

1937

The Palace of King Ubu

The Palace of King Ubu

Hans Bellmer

1937

The Palace of King Ubu

The Palace of King Ubu

Hans Bellmer

1936

The Woman at the Cathedral

The Woman at the Cathedral

Hans Bellmer

1948

Title page from Games of the Doll

Title page from Games of the Doll

Hans Bellmer

1949

Exhibitions

17 exhibitions

Dec 07, 1936 – Jan 17, 1937

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

179 artists · 1 curator

Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944

Modern Drawings

120 artists · 3 curators

Apr 15, 1947 – Jun 01, 1947

Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

83 artists

Sep 21, 1948 – Dec 05, 1948

Collage

39 artists · 1 curator

Jan 17, 1968 – Mar 04, 1968

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

55 artists · 1 curator

Mar 27, 1968 – Jun 09, 1968

Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

94 artists · 1 curator

Nov 27, 1968 – Feb 09, 1969

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age

11 artists · 2 curators

Jun 13, 1974 – Sep 08, 1974

Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

79 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1976 – Nov 14, 1976

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

66 artists · 1 curator

Sep 26, 1977 – Nov 28, 1977

Dream/Reality/Dream

33 artists · 1 curator

Dec 15, 1977 – Mar 05, 1978

Arp on Paper

22 artists · 1 curator

Apr 28, 1978 – Jul 04, 1978

A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

89 artists · 1 curator

Jul 10, 1978 – Oct 03, 1978

Artists and Writers

62 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1981 – Oct 06, 1981

Words and Pictures

49 artists · 1 curator

Nov 07, 1985 – Jan 07, 1986

Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840–1985

58 artists · 1 curator

Aug 06, 1987 – Dec 08, 1987

Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

29 artists · 1 curator

Oct 24, 1987 – Mar 01, 1988

European Drawing Between the Wars

59 artists · 1 curator