Lot Essay
This work was executed after the painting La toupie, circa 1937–1952, held in the Tate Gallery collection since 1964. The work was formerly known as Le père but was renamed by the artist.
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La toupie
Details
Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)
La toupie
signed 'Hans Bellmer’ (lower right), dated '1956’ (lower left)
watercolour and pencil on paper
sheet: 15 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (38.5 x 27.6 cm.)
image: 9 ½ x 9 3/8 in. (24 x 23.8 cm.)
Executed in 1956
La toupie
signed 'Hans Bellmer’ (lower right), dated '1956’ (lower left)
watercolour and pencil on paper
sheet: 15 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (38.5 x 27.6 cm.)
image: 9 ½ x 9 3/8 in. (24 x 23.8 cm.)
Executed in 1956
Provenance
Marcel Zerbib (Galerie Diderot), Paris.
Obelisk Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1969, lot 122.
David Hughes, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
V. J. Smith, London, by 1972.
Private collection, London.
Obelisk Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1969, lot 122.
David Hughes, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
V. J. Smith, London, by 1972.
Private collection, London.
Exhibited
Paris, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Hans Bellmer, November 1971 - January 1972, no. 93.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Sale room notice
Madame Rodica Aldoux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.