Purple Magazine
— The Love Issue #34 F/W 2020
hans bellmer
SEX
all artwork by HANS BELLMER
thanks to galerie 1900-2000, paris
the erotic, fetishistic side of love was a primary focus of surrealists like hans bellmer, who explored the dark side of love as a poetic transgression, an inner experience — the final gateway to transcendence in a world abandoned by the gods.
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HANS BELLMER, LA CROIX GAMAHUCHÉE, 1946, COLLECTION/COURTESY OF GALERIE 1900-2000, COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2020
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HANS BELLMER, UNTITLED FOR “HISTOIRE DE L’ŒIL,” 1946, COLLECTION/COURTESY OF GALERIE 1900-2000, COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2020
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HANS BELLMER, STUDY FOR “LE PETIT TRAITÉ DE MORALE,” 1963, PRIVATE COLLECTION, COURTESY OF GALERIE 1900-2000, COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2020
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HANS BELLMER, CRUCHE CASSÉE, CIRCA 1946, PRIVATE COLLECTION, COURTESY OF GALERIE 1900-2000, COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2020