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A hand-colored photograph of a figure on a cushioned fabric covered surface.

The color photograph shows a figure of soft, rounded forms with one leg extended in the center of a cushioned fabric covered surface. On the left near one end of the figure are three black round objects, two with holes in one end, another black round object is on the right side.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
43.2003
People
Hans Bellmer, German (Katowice, Silesia 1902 - 1975 Paris, France)
Title
The Doll
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1935
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/92007

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 13.5 x 14 cm (5 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
sheet: 14.3 x 19.3 cm (5 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan
Copyright
© Hans Bellmer / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Object Number
43.2003
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/23/2005 - 07/31/2005
  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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