Art, literature & history
Child and Seeing Hands
c. 1950
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with gouache and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.8 × 28.5 cm (9 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1992.196
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- Copyright protected (WikiArt label)License details
Hans Bellmer. Child and Seeing Hands. Image: WikiArt. Copyright protected (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Child and Seeing Hands — Hans Bellmer. c. 1950.
Medium: Pen and brown ink with gouache and watercolor on paper. Dimensions: 23.8 × 28.5 cm (9 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.