Description: This is an original hand signed drypoint etching by Hans Bellmer which is titled "Les Milles en Feu" (Les Milles on Fire). Produced on arches vellum paper. Hand Signed by Bellmer in the lower right bottom of image. Published in 1970 by Georges Visat. Image Measures 12" x 16". Paper measures 20" x 26". This piece is numbered from an edition of 100. In mint condition, comes unframed. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. THIS IS THE BEST PRICE YOU WILL FIND ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THE SAME PIECE! FREE SHIPPING in the U.S. (Buyers outside the U.S. please add $39.95 for priority mail shipping). Please take a look at the large selection of fine art pieces for sale in our eBay store. Born: 1902, Upper Silesia, Germany. Died: 1975, Paris, France. Hans Bellmer was an established painter and graphic designer, best known for the life-sized pubescent female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s after the rise to power of the Nazi Party in 1933. He initiated his doll project to oppose the fascism of the Nazi Party by declaring that he would make no work that would support the German state. Represented by mutated forms and unconventional poses, his dolls were directed specifically at the cult of the perfect body then prominent in Germany. His work was declared 'degenerate' and he fled Germany to France. His work was welcomed in the Parisian art culture of the time because of the references to female beauty and the sexualization of the youthful form. Bellmer's 1934 book Die Puppe (The Doll), produced and published privately in Germany, contains ten black-and-white photographs of Bellmer's first doll arranged in a series of tableaux vivants. Bellmer also created erotic drawings and etchings. He is most commonly thought of as a surrealist photographer. Bellmer worked until death, constantly fascinated with erotic images and possibilities. Major retrospective exhibition at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris 1971-72. Source: Ronald Alley, Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Park-Bernet, London 1981, pp. 44-45.
Price: 419.99 USD
Location: Sherman Oaks, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Date of Creation: 1970-1989
Edition Type: Limited Edition
Color: Black
Signed?: Signed
Size Type/ Largest Dimension: 20" x 26"
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Type: Etching
Signed: Signed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Signed By: Hans Bellmer
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Artist: Hans Bellmer
Production Technique: etching
Style: Surrealism
Material: Etching
Theme: Nudes
Time Period Produced: 1970-1979
Features: Unframed, Signed
Subject: Figures & Portraits
Year of Production: 1970
Width (Inches): 26
Size Type/Largest Dimension: 20" x 26"
Edition Size: 100
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Height (Inches): 20
Print Surface: Paper
Print Type: Etching, Engraving
