Porteuse d'O

1969

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: engraving in black on wove paper
Dimensions: plate: 17.15 × 22.38 cm (6 3/4 × 8 13/16 in.) sheet: 34.13 × 51.28 cm (13 7/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2015.19.3270
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Porteuse d'O — Hans Bellmer. 1969.

Medium: engraving in black on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 17.15 × 22.38 cm (6 3/4 × 8 13/16 in.) sheet: 34.13 × 51.28 cm (13 7/16 × 20 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.3270. Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Lasky Charitable Lead Trust, 2004).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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