The life-size, adolescent-girl dolls created by German artist Hans Bellmer in the 1930s are the subject of Therese Lichtenstein's highly original book. Disturbing and controversial, Bellmer's dolls - with their uncanny, fragmented bodies and eroticized poses - were just as shocking during Bellmer's [...]
"From Paris and twilight photography to exhibitions of exotica and the 'savages'--to say nothing of gendered desire--this four-cornered exploration of the great surrealist epoch is enormously enhanced by extraordinary imagery and extensive notes."--Mary Ann Caws, author of "The Surrealist Look"[...]