A black and white print in the form of a postcard.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white print shows a figure and a small tree or shrub with multiple long branches and some leaves. The figure is on the right side, it is standing with legs spread wearing white ankle socks and shoes with straps across the instep. Attached to the torso is another set of legs also wearing ankle socks and shoes with a strap across the instep. The legs at the top are raised with the feet up also spread and leaning to the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.204.8
People
Hans Bellmer, German (Katowice, Silesia 1902 - 1975 Paris, France)
Title
Deux demi-soeurs/Step-sisters
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, postcard
Date
1937
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342734

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photo offset lithograph
Dimensions
9.2 x 14.1 cm (3 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jack Banning, New York, [Christie's East], sold: to Rick Wester, Dobbs Ferry, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rick Wester and Jennifer Garvin
Copyright
© Hans Bellmer / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.204.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2018 - 10/17/2019

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