Lot 134
  • 134

Hans Bellmer

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hans Bellmer
  • Sans Titre
  • dry stamped Bellmer (lower left) and signed Bellmer (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.

Provenance

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30th March 2008, lot 51
Galerie Alpha, Paris
Private collection, France
By descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Antwerpen, Lens Fine Art, Hans Bellmer, 1973, illustrated in the catalogue n.n.

Condition

Executed on graph paper, not laid down, and hinged to the mount along the upper edge. The left edge is unevenly cut and has been removed from a notebook. The lower left and upper edges of the verso are lined with tape and the lower part of the right edge. The sheet is light stained. There is a minor flattened crease at the upper left corner and some tiny nicks to the extreme left edge. This work is in good condition.
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