Photograph or Moving Image by ForeignPhotographer/Artist
Inventory Number
93-PHF-006
A doll of a pubescent girl without arms or legs except her right thigh is hung from a thin tree trunk and photographed from below. The sky is clear. The strong sunlight casts clear shadows on the doll’s face, breasts, the joint between her breasts and stomach, her groin, and the base of her legs. The smooth skin of her thighs shines white. The trunk of the tree in the lower left corner of the image is S-shaped, mimicking the curve of the doll’s body. The doll’s head is covered with branches as if her hair has transformed into leaves, and her left arm seems to have become branches. In Greek mythology, the beautiful Daphne, cornered by the love-struck Apollo, is said to have transformed into a laurel tree. Hans Bellmer’s artistic theme was the young female form as the object of erotic fetish—and it seems he happened upon a suitable backdrop in this outdoor scene.
(NAKAMURA Naoaki)
A doll of a pubescent girl without arms or legs except her right thigh is hung from a thin tree trunk and photographed from below. The sky is clear. The strong sunlight casts clear shadows on the doll’s face, breasts, the joint between her breasts and stomach, her groin, and the base of her legs. The smooth skin of her thighs shines white. The trunk of the tree in the lower left corner of the image is S-shaped, mimicking the curve of the doll’s body. The doll’s head is covered with branches as if her hair has transformed into leaves, and her left arm seems to have become branches. In Greek mythology, the beautiful Daphne, cornered by the love-struck Apollo, is said to have transformed into a laurel tree. Hans Bellmer’s artistic theme was the young female form as the object of erotic fetish—and it seems he happened upon a suitable backdrop in this outdoor scene.
(NAKAMURA Naoaki)