LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and pen and ink on canvas

Measurements:

25.75 in. (65.40 cm.) (height) by 25.75 in. (65.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Bellmer (lower right), dated 1958 (lower left) and titled on the stretcher

Exhibited:

Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynksa, Hans Bellmer, 1966, no. 2, illustrated in the catalogue; Exeter City Gallery, The Enchanted Domain: Surrealist Art, 1967; London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Obsessive Image 1960-1968, 1968

Provenance:

Galerie Gmurzynksa, Cologne (acquired by 1966); Obelisk Gallery, London; Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1970