Lot 237
  • 237

HANS BELLMER | Un couple de céphalopodes (Œil d'Unica Zürn et de Bellmer)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hans Bellmer
  • Un couple de céphalopodes (Œil d'Unica Zürn et de Bellmer)
  • titled Un couple de céphalopodes (lower left)
  • pencil and coloured pencil on paper
  • 21,9 x 16,8 cm; 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on the backing board. There are a few minor studio marks in places, most predominately to the lower right quadrant. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is a study for Portrait d'Unica avec l'oeil-sexe, pencil with white gouache, executed in 1961.