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Lot n° 219

BELLMER Hans (1902-1975)

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Friedrich Schröder Sonnenstern, autograph manuscript signed S.l. circa 1959], 9 pages in-4 and in-8 in ink on squared paper. (Tears without damage to the text, insolation of the paper, traces of rust). Autograph manuscript signed by Hans Bellmer with erasures and corrections in graphite by André Breton, about the German painter Friedrich Shröder-Sonnenstern (1892- 1982). The text is composed of an introduction, a bibliographical note, a short biography and a list of the paintings exhibited at the Daniel Cordier gallery during the 1959 "Eros" exhibition. 1 autograph letter signed by Bellmer and his companion, Unica Zürn, addressed to André Breton about La Poupée, Paris, September 9, 1949, 2 pages in-4, envelope enclosed: "Daniel Cordier would even like two devices of La poupée because I had thought of a composition mounted on a spiral staircase as can be found in companies and demolition sites [...]....]"; - 1 autograph letter signed to Rudolf Springer, [Paris, 1959], 1 page in-12, envelope enclosed, relating to the International Exhibition of Surrealism "Eros" at the Daniel Cordier Gallery; - 1 typed transcription of Hans Bellmer's text, 7 pages. PROVENANCE André Breton