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St. Louis Contemporary and Classic: The May Collection

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2026-05-09 11:00:00 2026-05-09 11:00:00 America/New_York Woodard Lipe Woodard Lipe : St. Louis Contemporary and Classic: The May Collection https://bid.woodardlipe.com/auctions/woodard-lipe/st-louis-contemporary-and-classic-the-may-collection-23090 St. Louis Classic and Contemporary: the May Collection is a carefully curated auction presenting an exceptional breadth of fine art, works on paper, decorative arts and collectibles spanning multiple collecting disciplines, with highlights including works by Robert Motherwell, Willem de Koonig, Marc Chagall, Hans Bellmer, Sol LeWitt, Leslie Dill, Alexander Calder, Laszlo Dus, Ed Eugene Boccia and Siegfried Reinhardt alongside important American and European decorative arts. Woodard Lipe info@woodardlipe.com

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Hans Bellmer (Polish-German, 1902-75). Les Marionnettes (II) (1969). Gouache and Graphite Drawing.

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Sight Height 12.75 in., Width 12 in. Framed Height 24 in., Width 23.5 in. Signed, dated lower right. Hans Bellmer was a photographer, sculptor, writer, and painter associated with the Surrealist movement. One of his early drawing instructors was artist George Grosz, who strongly influenced Bellmers work and thinking. His work is included in collections around the world from MOMA and the Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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St. Louis Contemporary and Classic: The May Collection

Hans Bellmer (Polish-German, 1902-75). Les Marionnettes (II) (1969). Gouache and Graphite Drawing.

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