Le Chapeau-main

HANS BELLMER (1902-1975) Le Chapeau-main lithograph in colors, on cream wove paper, 1947, signed in pencil (the surname printed in green, the forename and date in pencil), inscribed ‘epreuve d’essai’ (aside from the edition published in Surrealisme en 1947, the first post-war exhibition at the Galerie Maeght, Surrealism, Paris), with full margins, some pinholes at the upper sheet edge, otherwise in generally good condition, framed Image: 8 5/8 x 5 ¼ in. (220 x 134 mm.) Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (264 x 210 mm.)