German, French · 1902–1975
Hans Bellmer
Hans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrate the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s.
The Machine-Gunneress in a State of Grace
1937 · The Museum of Modern Art
Untitled
March 18, 1951 · Art Institute of Chicago
Young Girl in a Checked Dress
1928/1930 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
The Doll
1935-37 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
The Doll
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Doll
Paris 1936 (cast 1965) · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
The Palace of King Ubu
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Plate from La Poupée
1936 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
The Palace of King Ubu
1937 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
The Doll
1937 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
The Hand Hat (Le Chapeau-main) (plate) from Le Surréalisme en 1947
1947 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
The Woman at the Cathedral
1948 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Games of the Doll
1949 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Title page from Games of the Doll
1949 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Variations on a Doll's Game
1950 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Woman Machine-Gunner in a State of Grace (Mitrailleuse en état de grâce)
1954 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Untitled plate for Madame Edwarda by Pierre Angelique
1955, published 1965 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Reptile Drawing (Épure reptiligne) (plate, page 31) from Feuilles éparses
1965 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Little Girl with a Top (Petite fille à la toupie) (plate, page 103) from Feuilles éparses
1965 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Rose ou Vert la nuit
1966 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Untitled
1967 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Untitled
1967 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Untitled
1969 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Porteuse d'O
1969 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)
1973 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art
Untitled
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
La Poupée
1934 (printed in 1936) · Not on view · Minneapolis Institute of Art
Untitled
1935 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
The Doll (La Poupée)
1935 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled
1936 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Head of Max Ernst, Inferno
1940 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
La Maison
1942 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Child and Seeing Hands
c. 1950 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Unica Zurn with Cats Eye Marble (recto); Double Portrait of Unica Zurn (verso)
1954 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Articulated Hands
1954 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled
1955 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Wifredo Lam
1964 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Plate Four, from Madame Edwarda
1965 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Plate Three, from Madame Edwarda
1965 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Plate I from Madame Edwarda
1965 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Pink or Green at Night
1966 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Sur Canape
1966 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Sur le Canapé
1966 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Octopus, from Mode d'Emploi
1967 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Ways of Daring, from Mode d'Emploi
1967 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Negresse, from Mode d'Emploi
1967 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Frontpiece of catalogue Kestner-Gesellschaft (Hanover)
1967 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
The Web, from Mode d'Emploi
1967 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Seeking Fingers, from Mode d'Emploi
1967 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Plate Ten, from Petit Traite de Morale
1968 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Notes for New Justine, from Petit Traite de Morale
1968 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
The Bat
1968 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Plate Eight, from Petit Traite de Morale
1968 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled
1969 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago