id:			165430
accession number:	2007.28
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.28
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:04.578000

The Doll, 1936. Hans Bellmer (German, 1902–1975). Gelatin silver print/10 total; sheet: 15.8 x 11.5 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.); image: 11.8 x 7.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/16 in.); overall: 17 x 13.3 x 2.1 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/4 x 13/16 in.); book: 16.3 x 12.5 x 1.5 cm (6 7/16 x 4 15/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2007.28 © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

title:				The Doll
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creation date:			1936
creation date earliest:		1936
creation date latest:		1936
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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culture:	Germany, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print/10 total
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - German 20th Century
type:		Bound Volume
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CREATORS

* Hans Bellmer (German, 1902–1975)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 15.8 x 11.5 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.); Image: 11.8 x 7.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/16 in.); Overall: 17 x 13.3 x 2.1 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/4 x 13/16 in.); Book: 16.3 x 12.5 x 1.5 cm (6 7/16 x 4 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer
	opening date:   2001-03-29T05:00:00
	<i>Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer</i>. International Center of Photography, New York, NY (March 29-June 10, 2001).

	title:		Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography
	opening date:   2014-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Adam Boxer, Christie's, New York, NY, Apr. 22, 2003, no. 165.)
	date: April 22, 2003
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	(Ubu Gallery, New York, NY)
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	David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
	date: 2007
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lichtenstein, Therese. Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014.
	page number: 	cat. no. 59, p. 97-99
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