Price databaseBrowseSell your artwork
Watchlist

Hans Bellmer

German · 1902–1975 · Painter, Printmaker

Hans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrate the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in… (Wikipedia)

Own a work by Hans Bellmer? Get a free auction estimate →

138lots offered2001–2026years recorded76%sold (95)$1.1kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Hans Bellmer, Les jeux de la poupée (The Games of the Doll), Paris: Les Éditions Premières, 1949. 15 hand-colored gelatin silver prints plus 2 trimmed, hand-colored gelatin silver prints, all mounted within the artist’s bookLes jeux de la poupée (The Games of the Doll)Phillips · $110,500≈ £73,082≈ €86,140Sign up to see
  2. Hans Bellmer, Les jeux de la poupée (The Games of the Doll), Paris: Les Éditions Premières, 1949. 15 hand-colored gelatin silver prints plus 2 trimmed, hand-colored gelatin silver prints, all mounted within the artist’s bookLes jeux de la poupée (The Games of the Doll)Phillips · $75,000≈ £58,976≈ €66,899Sign up to see
  3. Hans Bellmer, Les Jeux de la Poupée (The games of the doll), 1949, 15 hand-colored gelatin silver prints plus 2 trimmed, hand-colored gelatin silver prints, all mounted within the artist's bookLes Jeux de la Poupée (The games of the doll)Phillips · $60,000≈ £37,048≈ €47,608Sign up to see

Hans Bellmer’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

All filters
Longest side–Reset

126 results · page 2 of 4

Sign up free to see all prices. You’ve seen the free realized prices for this month. Artist, title, date, house, medium, size and estimates stay visible to everyone. Create a free account · Sign in
  1. Hans Bellmer, Miroir des Songes I, 1974, Jeweils: Farbradierung auf Velin
    Miroir des Songes I, 1974
    Etching · Paper · ed. 101/150
    66 x 50cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 8
    €516≈ $575≈ £439Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €500–View at Van Ham ↗
  2. Hans Bellmer, Ohne Titel, Um 1936, Pinsel in weißer Gouache auf schwarzem Karton
    Ohne Titel, Um 1936
    Gouache
    30,5 × 25 cm
    Grisebach · · Lot 566
    €37,500≈ $41,183≈ £31,959Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Grisebach ↗
  3. Hans Bellmer, La Poupée, 1936, Paris: Editions GLM, 1936. 10 gelatin silver prints, each mounted to thin board, disbound; printed ivory jacket, rose-coloured endpapers and text pages, publisher’s subscription inserts for Les Jeux de la Poupée and associated printed matter. An unnumbered publishers copy
    La Poupée, 1936
    Photograph · Board
    Each image: 12.1 x 8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.) Each mount: 16.2 x 12.4 cm (6 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 2
    £37,500≈ $48,098≈ €43,304Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £30,000–50,000View at Phillips ↗
  4. Hans Bellmer, La Poupée (with carpet beater), 1937, Gelatin silver print with hand colouring
    La Poupée (with carpet beater), 1937
    Photograph
    14.8 x 14.2 cm (5 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 35
    £8,125≈ $10,407≈ €9,290Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
  5. Hans Bellmer, Le cri, Wohl frühe 1940, Pencil drawing
    Le cri, Wohl frühe 1940
    Drawing
    20.9 x 13.3 cm (8.2 x 5.2 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 134
    €5,625≈ $6,658≈ £4,957Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  6. Hans Bellmer, Group of prints (5), Lithograph on paper
    Group of prints (5)
    Lithograph · Paper
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 156
    $2,500≈ £1,897≈ €2,129Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
  7. Hans Bellmer, Le squelette et l'ombre de la poupée, 1934-36, gelatin silver print
    Le squelette et l'ombre de la poupée, 1934-36
    Photograph
    4½ h x 3 w in (11 x 8 cm)
    Wright · · Lot 187
    $4,688≈ £3,568≈ €3,954Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Wright ↗
  8. Hans Bellmer, Ohne Titel (Hommage à Picasso), 1974, Radierung auf ARCHES FRANCE (Wasserzeichen)
    Ohne Titel (Hommage à Picasso), 1974
    Etching · Paper · ed. XXIII/III
    31,5 x 24cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 4
    €129≈ $151≈ £115Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €100–View at Van Ham ↗
  9. Hans Bellmer, Revel 11 juillet, 1946, Pencil drawing on chequered chamois-coloured drawing paper
    Revel 11 juillet, 1946
    Drawing · Paper
    14.3 x 9.2 cm
    Lempertz · · Lot 298
    €7,440≈ $8,348≈ £6,500Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €5,000–7,000View at Lempertz ↗
  10. Hans Bellmer, Les jeux de la poupée (The Games of the Doll), Paris: Les Éditions Premières, 1949. 15 hand-colored gelatin silver prints plus 2 trimmed, hand-colored gelatin silver prints, all mounted within the artist’s book
    Les jeux de la poupée (The Games of the Doll)
    Photograph · ed. 28/136
    10 x 7 3/4 x 1/2 in. (25.4 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 7
    $75,000≈ £58,976≈ €66,899Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $70,000–90,000View at Phillips ↗
Also offered, result not published (13)

Lots by Hans Bellmer that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

Hans Bellmer works on paper (23)Hans Bellmer drawings (20)Hans Bellmer prints (61)Hans Bellmer etchings (41)Hans Bellmer engravings (4)Hans Bellmer lithographs (7)Hans Bellmer photographs (21)

About Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrate the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related artists — German, born 1877–1927

More German artists of the same period