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Hans Bellmer
Self-Portrait with doll1934

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a life-sized female doll with exposed mechanical torso and wooden peg leg, leaning against a translucent panel through which a blurred male figure is visible

Hans Bellmer, Self-Portrait with doll, 1934, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hans Bellmer
Poland, active Germany, Berlin and France, Paris, 1902-1975
Title
Self-Portrait with doll
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1934
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 4 9/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.6 × 7.7 cm) Primary support: 4 9/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.6 × 7.7 cm) Secondary support: 6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (15.8 × 11.8 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.11
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Imagining the Modern Self: Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. September 29, 2012 - January 21, 2013
Copyright
© Hans Bellmer Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, NY / ADAGP, Paris

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