untitled (self-portrait), Claude Cahun

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Claude Cahun, untitled (self-portrait)
Claude Cahun, untitled (self-portrait)
Claude Cahun
untitled (self-portrait)
circa 1927
Claude Cahun
1894–1954
untitled (self-portrait), circa 1927
Where object was made: France
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11.2 x 6.7 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 4 7/16 x 2 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1994.0044
On display: Perkins Central Court
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Exhibition Label: “Embodiment,” Nov-2005, Kate Meyer The enigmatic Claude Cahun, known best as a writer and actor, practiced photography in her free time as well. Cahun privately staged a series of roles before her camera including a seductress, vampire, sailor, courtesan, and even Buddha. These chimerical images were fashioned primarily for her own amusement and few were shown during her lifetime. Archive Label: Claude Cahun was born a woman, but changed her name and her total identity to that of a man. This self-portrait shows Cahun enacting, perhaps even to the point of parody, her assumed masculine role.