COPY WITH 5 PHOTOGRAPHS AND AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. Hans BELLME - Lot 159

COPY WITH 5 PHOTOGRAPHS AND AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. Hans BELLMER - Georges BATAILLE (under the pseudonym of Lord Auch). Histoire de l'Œil. New version with six original etchings and burin engravings. Seville, 1940. In-8 paperback. Folder and slipcase. Bellmer's most justly famous suite of erotic engravings. Limited edition of 199 copies. Copy preserved in the artist's library on Johannot, signed and justified in pencil by the artist: "ex Hans Bellmer". It is enriched by an original drawing signed in pencil, opposite the title page, and 5 period silver prints selected by Bellmer to illustrate his copy, 12.7 x 11.3 cm, mounted on Annonay paper and presented in a pink folder. For economic reasons, Bellmer sold his copy to Gaston Puel (1924-2023), author and publisher, founder of La Fenêtre Ardente. Provenance: Hans Bellmer. Gaston Puel. Bibliography: Pierre Dourthe, Bellmer, Le Principe de perversion, Jean-Pierre Faur éditeur, pages 167 to 188.