Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer, Therese Lichtenstein, 2001, Fine HC

Lichtenstein, Therese. Berkeley:  University of California Press, 2001.

English, First printing, Fine/As New hardcover, 4to 8 3/4" 7 1/4", 254 pp.

ISBN: 0520209842

Fine/As New quarto, printed cloth over boards featuring full-color photograph of Bellmer sculpture to front and black-and-white photograph of Bellmer's apartment to back panel. Translucent paper dust jacket with minor edgewear at top. Full-color and black-and white images throughout. A rigorous exploration of a controversial artist by an accomplished art historian, curator, writer, and teacher. Lichtenstein develops a nuanced interpretation of Bellmer's work as a response to his personal history of abuse and the rise of Nazism.