Details HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)Sans titre (Femmes cordes)signed Bellmer (lower right) and dated 1959. (lower left)pencil with white heightening on paper laid down on card19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.4 x 31.9 cm.)Executed in 1959 Provenance Daniel Cordier, Paris (acquired from the artist, circa 1960).Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York (by 2006).Acquired from the above by the present owner, 24 May 2007. Literature C. Jelenski, The Drawings of Hans Bellmer, New York, 1973, p. 78 (illustrated in color).B. Keseljevic, Lœuvre de Hans Bellmer in Obliques, 1975, p. 41 (illustrated).S. Taylor, Hans Bellmer: The Anatomy of Anxiety, New York, 2000, p. 189 (illustrated, fig. 9.14; with incorrect medium). Exhibited Hannover, Kestnergesellschaft, Hans Bellmer, April-June 1967, p. 38, no. 112 (with incorrect dimensions).Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Hans Bellmer: Tekeningen, May-June 1970, no. 41 (illustrated).Paris, Centre national dart contemporain, Hans Bellmer: Rétrospective, November 1971-January 1972, no. 122.Paris, Musée national dart moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung and London, Whitechapel Gallery, Hans Bellmer: Anatomie du désir, March-November 2006, pp. 204 and 271, no. 182 (illustrated in color, p. 270; titled Untitled (Bound Women); with incorrect dimensions).New York, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Form as Memory, February-March 2007. Post lot text Rodica Aldoux has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Conditions of sale