La Poupée (The Doll), from Les Jeux de la poupée (Games of the Doll)

Hans Bellmer, German, 1902 - 1975

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about 1935-1936

Hand-colored gelatin silver print

Overall: 5 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (14 × 13.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund

2013.3

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 17, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2013

ARTH 48.08, The Photographic Medium, Allan Doyle, Winter 2019

ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant-Garde, Andrew McCann, Winter 2019

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant Garde, Andrew McCann, Winter 2020

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020

GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020

GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Winter 2021

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021

ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant-Garde, Andrew McCann, Winter 2022

Exhibition History

All Dolled Up, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 11-August 11, 2019.

Masks and Mannequins: The Uncanny in Photograhy, a Student Curated Exhibition for Professor Katie Hornstein’s History of Photography, ARTH17, Spring 2013, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 26-September 8, 2013 .

Surrealism: Then & Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery and Edelman Arts, Inc., New York, New York, October 11-November 11, 2006.

Publication History

Hans Bellmer, Les Jeux de la poupée (Games of the Doll), (Paris: Éditions Premières, 1949), Plate VIII.

Provenance

The artist; acquired by Werner Kunze, Berlin, Germany; Timothy Baum, New York; Private collection, New York; Timothy Baum, New York; sold to present collection, 2013.

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