{"product_id":"9781900565141","title":"The Doll","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerman artist Hans Bellmer (1902–1975) was one of the most subversive artists associated with Surrealism, famous—notorious, even—for his erotic engravings, objects and photographs. The first edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Doll\u003c\/i\u003e comprised a series of Bellmer’s photographs “illustrated” with prose poems by Paul Éluard; Bellmer’s hand-colored photographs subsequently acquired an iconic status as perhaps the purest exemplification of the Surrealist ideal of “convulsive beauty.” Later editions of the book were expanded to incorporate a body of theoretical, poetic and speculative texts that together comprise one of the most important expositions of Surrealist cultural theory. Bellmer weaves a remarkably disparate set of concepts and intuitions—from fields as diverse as mathematics, morphology, optics and psychology—into a theory of eroticism that provides a totally unexpected rationale for his uncompromising art. His ideas are, in the words of poet Joë Bousquet, a “scandal to reason.” This English edition follows Bellmer’s original, the texts having been translated for the first time—by Malcolm Green, who also provides an introduction—from the final German version.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058539512048,"sku":"9781900565141","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781900565141_p0.jpg?v=1763611562","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781900565141","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}