Hans Bellmer

by Alain Sayag, Wieland Schmied, Agnès de la Beaumelle

The Surrealists' fascination with dolls and machines that resembled humans is especially evident in the work of Hans Bellmer (1902-1975), the subject of this comprehensive monograph. Rejecting the Nazis' Aryan ideals, the artist spent the years after 1933 creating disturbing dolls out of wax, wood, flax, plaster and glue--equipped with wigs and glass eyes. Photographs of these fetishistic simulacra were published in Minotaure, the Surrealists'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3775717943
• ISBN13: 9783775717946
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 3.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 11.2"