First edition of Oeuvre Gravé by Hans Bellmer(1969).

First impression

Medium format hardcover in nearfine condition, there is some shelfwear to extremities of the book and some scuffing to the cover.

Pages are slightly toned, binding firm

About

Published in 1969, this copy of Hans Bellmer, Oeuvre Gravé is a first edition. This hardback book shows Bellmer’s surrealist graphics. The book also contains a ‘Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre gravé de Hans Bellmer‘.

Published by Editions Denoel in Paris, the text is in French. All of the images are printed in black and white. The hardback cover has an embossed image with the type in pink.

The preface is by André Pieyre de Mandiargues.

The German / Polish artist Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) is known for his doll images.