About This Artwork
Hans Bellmer
German, born Poland, 1902-1975
Head of Max Ernst, Inferno1940
Graphite, heightened with white gouache, on tan wove paper
230 x 190 mm
Restricted gift of Frank B. Hubacek and Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Woods Fund, 1980.83
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, "Hans Bellmer," 1967, cat. 42.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Mary Reynolds Collection," May-November 1996, gallery 245.
Ownership History
Edouard Roditi (died 1992), Paris, by 1967 [Hanover 1967]. Achim Moeller, Ltd. (opened 1972; relocated to New York 1984), London. Galerie Springer (opened 1968), Berlin. Sold by the Odyssia Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1980.