Lot Essay
One of only ten to twelve examples printed separately from the catalogue and signed.
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COLLECTION OF A NEW YORK GENTLEMAN
HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)
Le Chapeau-main
Details
HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)
Le Chapeau-main
lithograph in colors, on cream wove paper, 1947, signed in pencil (the surname printed in green, the forename and date in pencil), inscribed ‘epreuve d’essai’ (aside from the edition published in Surrealisme en 1947, the first post-war exhibition at the Galerie Maeght, Surrealism, Paris), with full margins, some pinholes at the upper sheet edge, otherwise in generally good condition, framed
Image: 8 5/8 x 5 ¼ in. (220 x 134 mm.)
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (264 x 210 mm.)
Le Chapeau-main
lithograph in colors, on cream wove paper, 1947, signed in pencil (the surname printed in green, the forename and date in pencil), inscribed ‘epreuve d’essai’ (aside from the edition published in Surrealisme en 1947, the first post-war exhibition at the Galerie Maeght, Surrealism, Paris), with full margins, some pinholes at the upper sheet edge, otherwise in generally good condition, framed
Image: 8 5/8 x 5 ¼ in. (220 x 134 mm.)
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (264 x 210 mm.)
Literature
Denoël 16