Claude Cahun (Photofile)

By: Leperlier, Fran?ois

Claude Cahun (1894-1954), the chosen name of the artist Lucy Schwob, was best known in her lifetime as a writer but built up a remarkable body of photographic work that only came to prominence after her death.

Politically active and involved with a wide circle of artists and intellectuals, including the surrealists, Cahun followed her own rules in both life and art. She is best known for her strikingly staged self-portraits, in which she...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500297495
• ISBN13: 9780500297490
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.4"