BELLMER, Hans. 8 GLASS PLATE PHOTOGRAPHS. 1942–1946. 18 x 13 - Lot 34

BELLMER, Hans. 8 GLASS PLATE PHOTOGRAPHS. 1942–1946. 18 x 13 cm, in a Guilleminot box. The set was sent to Pierre Andrieu, with whom Bellmer maintained a correspondence that often concerned his work as an engraver. 8 glass plate photographs by Bellmer produced by the Guilleminot company, renowned for manufacturing photographic chemicals such as glass plates. The box bears Bellmer’s autograph inscription. The photographs depict Bellmer’s early etchings; the first is from 1942. Some are dated and signed by the artist on the plate; the last one, from 1946, bears the inscription “First state, 1946, to my friend Pierre Andrieu.” ENCLOSED: COLLECTION OF CATALOGS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO BELLMER: - *Hans Bellmer ou l’Ecorcheur écorché*. Exhibition catalog from Daniel Cordier, December 1963; vertical quarto format with fold-out plates; title in pink - *Bellmer!* Geneva, Galerie D. Benador; narrow 8vo, pink cover with medallion - *Hans Bellmer, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Francis Picabia, Yves Tanguy*, Galerie André-François Petit - *Hans Bellmer, Photographer*, Galerie André-François Petit, 1984 - Invitation cards: Galerie du Luxembourg, Drawings by Hans Bellmer, March 13–April 13, 1947; Max Ernst and Hans Bellmer, September 22–November 8, 1986, Galerie Jacques Benador, Hans Bellmer: Photographs and Drawings from the 1930s, Galerie Berinson - Ubu: pink envelope with a black ribbon featuring 5 color reproductions of photographs of Bellmer’s doll,