Claude Cahun
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$64.9K
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Sep 2025 · $41.5K
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Photographs: $41.5K medianPosters/ephemera: $4.3K medianUnclassified lots: $5.2K median
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Publications8

Monograph 1

Thames & Hudson · 2023

Exhibition Catalog 3

Group Catalog 1

Aperture · 2006

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Current Exhibitions0

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Frieze London and Frieze Masters will take place in Regent’s Park from October 14 to October 18, featuring nearly 300 galleries. Frieze London will ho…
exhibitionsJun 11, 2026
This episode of 'A brush with...' podcast features artist Lisa Yuskavage, who discusses her painting practice, influences, and career. Yuskavage, born…
cultureJun 10, 2026
Hyperallergic has published a Pride Month reading list featuring seven art books that highlight queer and trans artists, past and present. The selecti…
cultureJun 9, 2026
The article reports on a new exhibition at the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin dedicated to British Constructivist artist Marlow Moss (1889–1958). Moss, …
exhibitionsJun 4, 2026
Boston Art Review (BAR) has published an article titled “Persona” Crafts a Lineage of Performed Identity, exploring how contemporary artists use perso…
cultureMay 2, 2026
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, 'Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: The Seeing Stone,' presents the collaborative and subversive work of th…
exhibitionsApr 21, 2026
The Victoria & Albert Museum has opened V&A East, a new $180 million outpost in east London designed by architects O'Donnell + Tuomey. Its mission is …
exhibitionsApr 20, 2026
The Victoria and Albert Museum has unveiled the first look at its new V&A East outpost in London’s Olympic Park, showcasing a collection that emphasiz…
exhibitionsApr 14, 2026
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, two Surrealist artists and life partners, are the focus of a new exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis…
exhibitionsMar 13, 2026
Johanna Fateman and Blakey Bessire share their picks for the best art books of the year. Fateman highlights a new edition of Claude Cahun's anti-memoi…
cultureDec 10, 2025
Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja, known for her deadpan self-portraits that blend vulnerability and absurdity, is opening her first New York solo exhibitio…
exhibitionsDec 8, 2025
Artnet News published a list of must-read books on Surrealism, marking the movement's 100th anniversary since André Breton's 1924 Surrealist Manifesto…
cultureNov 18, 2025
Art advisor Ralph DeLuca, in his column "Street Smarts" for Cultured, analyzes the struggling photography market. He notes that photography auction sa…
marketOct 15, 2025
The Getty Center in Los Angeles has opened a new exhibition, "Queer Lens: A History of Photography," coinciding with Pride Month amid rising political…
exhibitionsMay 30, 2025
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Claude Cahun: Beneath this Mask

Claude Cahun

University of Leicester, Lancaster Rd, Leicester LE1 7HA, UK

Sep 1, 2017 — Nov 30, 2017

Don't Kiss Me: Disruption of the Self in the Work of Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun

317 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, Canada

May 8, 1999 — Jul 18, 1999

Claude Cahun: Beneath This Mask

Claude Cahun

Gandy St, Bradninch, Place, Exeter EX4 3LS, UK

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Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self
Feb 19, 2026
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Nov 18, 2025
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Claude Cahun: Beneath this Mask
May 24, 2025
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Sep 1, 2017
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Claude Cahun dies
Jan 1, 1954
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Claude Cahun born
Jan 1, 1894
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