Bellmer, Hans. Petit Traité de Morale. Dix gravures en deux couleurs. With 10 signed original etchings, each printed in 2 colors. Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. 12 sheets (1 white). 39 x 29.5 cm. Loose in original dust jacket with blind-stamped cover title in original silk chemise with gilt-stamped spine title and original silk slipcase (spine of chemise and slipcase faded, edges rubbed). One of 150 (GA 170) copies on Vélin d'Arches. - Deno�l 78-87 - Filipacchi Library 21 - Monod 1307 - Without the printer's mark. - Plate size: 28 x 21 cm. - Hans Bellmer was inspired by works by the Marquis de Sade for the etchings created between 1966 and 1968. - Etchings with small collector's stamp on verso. - Clean copy. - Provenance: From the collection of Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Frankfurt.

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