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Composition
Details
HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)
Composition
signed, dated and inscribed 'H. Bellmer 53 à Jean Jacques Levêque!' (along the lower edge)
gouache and pencil on paper
6 5⁄8 x 4 ¼ in. (16.8 x 10.8 cm.)
Executed in 1953
Composition
signed, dated and inscribed 'H. Bellmer 53 à Jean Jacques Levêque!' (along the lower edge)
gouache and pencil on paper
6 5⁄8 x 4 ¼ in. (16.8 x 10.8 cm.)
Executed in 1953
Provenance
Jean-Jacques Lévêque, Vailly-sur-Aisne, a gift from the artist.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel des Chevau-Légers, Versailles, 17 December 2000, lot 78.
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Chara Schreyer, Tiburon, by whom acquired from the above on 14 June 2002; her estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 29 February 2024, lot 425.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel des Chevau-Légers, Versailles, 17 December 2000, lot 78.
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Chara Schreyer, Tiburon, by whom acquired from the above on 14 June 2002; her estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 29 February 2024, lot 425.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Fogle & H. Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection, New York, 2021, p. 50 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Further details
Rodica Aldoux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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