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Artists›Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun

1894–1954

WA-00002005

Mixed MediaSurrealismPhotography

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

32

Assets Indexed

14

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ219634

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/claude-cahun
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/8195
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/claude-cahun
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Claude Cahun yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

Crystal Heads, British Museum, London, June-July 1936

Crystal Heads, British Museum, London, June-July 1936

1936 · Photograph, black and white, on paper

Untitled

1936 · Photograph, black and white, on paper

support: 178 x 128 mm

Untitled

1936 · Photograph, black and white, on paper

Untitled

1936 · Photograph, black and white, on paper

Object

1936 · Wood and paint with tennis ball, hair, and found objects

13.7 × 16.2 × 10.2 cm (5 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Extend My Arms

I Extend My Arms

1931 · Photograph, black and white, on paper

Henri Michaux

1925 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.8 × 8.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 16 catalogued · 13 with image

Tate
5 published5 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
+ 1 more source · 9 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1936 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
I Extend My Arms
1931 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Crystal Heads, British Museum, London, June-July 1936
1936 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1936 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1936 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

15 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Plaque allée Claude Cahun Marcel Moore, Paris 6e

Wikimedia Commons

Claude Cahun Marcel Moore Paris

Wikimedia Commons

Claude Cahun Marcel Moore Paris

Wikimedia Commons

Palau de la Virreina Claude Cahun

Wikimedia Commons

Palau de la Virreina Claude Cahun

Wikimedia Commons

Palau de la Virreina Claude Cahun 3

Wikimedia Commons

Palau de la Virreina Claude Cahun 2

Wikimedia Commons

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Relationships

4

Movements2

Surrealism Photography

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Background

Education

Lycée Gabriel Guist'hau

Visual Arts · 1906

Parsons Mead School

Visual Arts

Nantes School of Art

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

No exhibitions or timeline entries yet