Death, desire and the doll : the life and art of Hans Bellmer

Complete and illustrated biography of Hans Bellmer, with a detailed analysis of his perverse and complex oeuvre. Featuring many of Bellmer's surreal/erotic drawings, paintings and sculptures as well as his classic series of Doll photographs, it is also the complete story of Bellmer's remarkable life, from Nazi Germany to the inner circle of the Paris Surrealists, encompassing the history of surreal and erotic art and literature.