Hans Bellmer
Self-Portrait With Die Puppe
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 374.500 USD
Price realised: 374.500 USD
Description
Hans Bellmer
1902-1975
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH DIE PUPPE
mounted, signed in red ink on the mount, inscribed ‘La Poupée, par Hans Bellmer’ and initialed by André Breton in red ink and stamped ‘27’ and ‘792’ on paper labels on the reverse, framed, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., and Museum of Modern Art, New York, exhibition labels and an Ubu Gallery label on the reverse, 1934
11 3/4 by 7 3/4 in. (29.7 by 19.5 cm.)
The collection of André Breton, Paris | Calmels Cohen, Paris, André Breton, 42, rue Fontaine, 15 April 2003, Lot 5042 | Acquired from Ubu Gallery, New York, 2004
1902-1975
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH DIE PUPPE
mounted, signed in red ink on the mount, inscribed ‘La Poupée, par Hans Bellmer’ and initialed by André Breton in red ink and stamped ‘27’ and ‘792’ on paper labels on the reverse, framed, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., and Museum of Modern Art, New York, exhibition labels and an Ubu Gallery label on the reverse, 1934
11 3/4 by 7 3/4 in. (29.7 by 19.5 cm.)
The collection of André Breton, Paris | Calmels Cohen, Paris, André Breton, 42, rue Fontaine, 15 April 2003, Lot 5042 | Acquired from Ubu Gallery, New York, 2004
A top price for Hans Bellmer
This artwork by Hans Bellmer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2012. In the Photographs auction, the work Self-Portrait With Die Puppe sold for USD 374,500.00 (€ 289,010.65) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. This high result makes Self-Portrait With Die Puppe the most expensive artwork by Hans Bellmer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hans Bellmer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Hans Bellmer erzielte im Oktober 2012 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Self-Portrait With Die Puppe für USD 374.500,00 (€ 289.010,65) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Self-Portrait With Die Puppe zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hans Bellmer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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