Les 120 Journées de Sodome

Les 120 Journées de Sodome is a contemporary artwork by Hans Bellmer.

Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968.

Copy on vélin d'arches from the additional suite. Includes passepartout.

Hans Bellmer was a German artist, who, when his works were declared "degenerate" by the Nazi Party in 1938, was forced to flee Germany to France. In France, Bellmer's works were welcomed by the Surrealists around André Breton.

Hans Bellmer developed the Surrealist theme of mannequins and dolls as metaphors of sexuality with a singularly obsessive focus.