Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun: Behind the Mask, Another Mask

by Sarah Howgate

A unique exploration of self-portraits by two artists born nearly a century apart

This beautifully illustrated book draws together for the first time the work of French artist Claude Cahun (1894-1954) and British contemporary artist Gillian Wearing (b. 1963). Although they were born almost a century apart, their work shares similar themes--gender, identity, masquerade, and performance.

In 2015, Sarah Howgate traveled with Wearing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691176620
• ISBN13: 9780691176628
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 10.1"