Name: Hans Bellmer: The Doll (Atlas Anti-classics)
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German artist Hans Bellmer (1902–1975) was one of the most subversive artists associated with Surrealism, famous–notorious, even–for his erotic engravings, objects and photographs. The first edition of The Doll comprised a series of Bellmer’s photographs “illustrated” with prose poems by Paul Éluard; Bellmer’s hand-colored photographs subsequently acquired an iconic status as perhaps the purest exemplification of the Surrealist ideal of “convulsive beauty.” Later editions of the book were expanded to incorporate a body of theoretical, poetic and speculative texts that together comprise one of the most important expositions of Surrealist cultural theory. Bellmer weaves a remarkably disparate set of concepts and intuitions–from fields as diverse as mathematics, morphology, optics and psychology–into a theory of eroticism that provides a totally unexpected rationale for his uncompromising art. His ideas are, in the words of poet Joë Bousquet, a “scandal to reason.” This English edition follows Bellmer’s original, the texts having been translated for the first time–by Malcolm Green, who also provides an introduction–from the final German version.

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Manufacturer	Atlas Press	Brand	Watty
Introduction	Green, Malcom	Artist	Bellmer, Hans
Item Weight	0.75 Pounds	ItemDimensions	6.75 x 0.5 x 7.5Inches
ReleaseDate	2013-03-31T00:00:01Z	binding	Paperback
Amazon Category	Books » Arts & Photography » Individual Artists » Individual Artist Monographs	ISBN	1900565145
EAN	9781900565141

Weight	0.75 lbs

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