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Les Jeux de la Poupée
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HANS BELLMER
Les Jeux de la Poupée
Paris: Les Éditions Premières, 1949. 15 hand-colored gelatin silver prints, rebound in a quarto volume. Each approximately 5 3/8 x 5½in. (13.7 x 14cm.). Preface by Bellmer, translated into French by Pierre Hugnet; text for illustrations by Paul Éluard; title page (with affixed hand-colored gelatin silver print); and colophon, signed in pencil and number-stamped 100. One of an edition of 136, plus 6 hors-commerce proofs. Modern binding with leather covers and cloth slipcase. Accompanied by two publications, bound into the same volume. The first, Bellmer 3 Tableaux, 7 Dessins, I Texte. Paris: Documents Surréalistes, 1944. 10 half-tone reproductions of works by Bellmer; and text by André Breton. Signed and numbered 28 in pencil on the colophon. One of an edition of 60. The second, Hans Bellmer: Vingt-Cinq Reproductions, 1934-1950. Paris: Pierre Larrive, 1950. 24 half-tone reproductions of works by Bellmer. One of an edition of 400, plus 15 proofs. Two handwritten letters by Bellmer, dated 6 and 26 January 1954 respectively, affixed to front pages of the rebinding. Also accompanied by an unbound gelatin silver portrait of Bellmer by G. Thiny, signed and copyright credit reproduction limitation in ink on the verso. 6 5/8 x 6 3/8in. (16.8 x 16.2cm.)
Les Jeux de la Poupée
Paris: Les Éditions Premières, 1949. 15 hand-colored gelatin silver prints, rebound in a quarto volume. Each approximately 5 3/8 x 5½in. (13.7 x 14cm.). Preface by Bellmer, translated into French by Pierre Hugnet; text for illustrations by Paul Éluard; title page (with affixed hand-colored gelatin silver print); and colophon, signed in pencil and number-stamped 100. One of an edition of 136, plus 6 hors-commerce proofs. Modern binding with leather covers and cloth slipcase. Accompanied by two publications, bound into the same volume. The first, Bellmer 3 Tableaux, 7 Dessins, I Texte. Paris: Documents Surréalistes, 1944. 10 half-tone reproductions of works by Bellmer; and text by André Breton. Signed and numbered 28 in pencil on the colophon. One of an edition of 60. The second, Hans Bellmer: Vingt-Cinq Reproductions, 1934-1950. Paris: Pierre Larrive, 1950. 24 half-tone reproductions of works by Bellmer. One of an edition of 400, plus 15 proofs. Two handwritten letters by Bellmer, dated 6 and 26 January 1954 respectively, affixed to front pages of the rebinding. Also accompanied by an unbound gelatin silver portrait of Bellmer by G. Thiny, signed and copyright credit reproduction limitation in ink on the verso. 6 5/8 x 6 3/8in. (16.8 x 16.2cm.)
Provenance
With Sims Reed, London;
to the present owner.
to the present owner.
Literature
See: University of Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, Hans Bellmer, Photographs, pp. 22, 24, 28 and cover.