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La toupie
Details
Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)
La toupie
signed and numbered 'Bellmer 4/8'
bronze with golden patina
Height: 21 in. (53.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1938 and executed in 1968 in and edition of 8
La toupie
signed and numbered 'Bellmer 4/8'
bronze with golden patina
Height: 21 in. (53.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1938 and executed in 1968 in and edition of 8
Provenance
Galerie André-François Petit, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1975.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1975.
Literature
P. Obliques, Hans Bellmer, Paris, 1975, p. 256.
P. Webb & R. Short, Hans Bellmer, London, 1985, no. 101 (another cast illustrated).
S. Taylor, Hans Bellmer, The Anatomy of Anxiety, Cambridge, 2000, no. 6.10 (another cast illustrated p. 122).
P. Webb & R. Short, Hans Bellmer, London, 1985, no. 101 (another cast illustrated).
S. Taylor, Hans Bellmer, The Anatomy of Anxiety, Cambridge, 2000, no. 6.10 (another cast illustrated p. 122).
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