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Claire Fontaine

1975⚠

WA-00097110

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WikidataQ55235714

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Birth yearWikidata + Artsy· 92%
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Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/claire-fontaine
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About

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Claire Fontaine is a feminist conceptual art persona created in Paris in 2004 by Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill, an Italian-British artist duo who declared themselves her "assistants". Since 2018 Claire Fontaine lives and works in Palermo and has a studio in the historical centre of the Kalsa near Piazza Magione.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Emile De Girardin

1875 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2

Image/paper: 23.8 × 19 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alexandre Dumas, fils (French novelist and playwright, 1824-1895)

1875 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1

Image/paper: 23.9 × 19.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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