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Madame Rodica Aldoux has confirmed the authenticity of these drawings.
(i) Les yeux (ii) Sans titre
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Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)
(i) Les yeux
(ii) Sans titre
(i) signed 'Bellmer' (lower right)
(ii) signed 'Bellmer' (lower right) and dated '61' (lower left)
(i) black chalk heightened with white gouache on light grey paper
(ii) black chalk and pencil heightened with white gouache on light grey paper
(i) 19 5/8 x 25 7/8 in. (49.8 x 65.8 cm.)
(ii) 25¾ x 19¾ in. (65.4 x 50 cm.)
(i) Executed in 1961-1962
(ii) Executed in 1961-1962
(2) (2)
(i) Les yeux
(ii) Sans titre
(i) signed 'Bellmer' (lower right)
(ii) signed 'Bellmer' (lower right) and dated '61' (lower left)
(i) black chalk heightened with white gouache on light grey paper
(ii) black chalk and pencil heightened with white gouache on light grey paper
(i) 19 5/8 x 25 7/8 in. (49.8 x 65.8 cm.)
(ii) 25¾ x 19¾ in. (65.4 x 50 cm.)
(i) Executed in 1961-1962
(ii) Executed in 1961-1962
(2) (2)
Provenance
(ii) Daniel B. Cordier, La Haye au Roi, by 1967.
M. Suriray, Basel, by 1971.
M. Suriray, Basel, by 1971.
Literature
(i) S. Alexandrian, Hans Bellmer, Paris, 1971 (illustrated pp. 14-15).
Exhibited
(ii) Berlin-Tempelhof, Kunstamt, Bellmer, June - July 1967, no. 137, p. 39 (illustrated n.p.).
Paris, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Hans Bellmer, November 1971 - January 1972, no. 142.
Paris, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Hans Bellmer, November 1971 - January 1972, no. 142.
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