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Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
French
1894–1954
About the Artist
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Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob). Untitled. 1921–22. Gelatin silver print, 9 5/16 × 5 7/8" (23.7 × 15 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo, by exchange (MoMA 1648.2001) - Alternate Name(s) Lucy Renée Mathilde Schwob (Birth Name)
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Artist Chronology
| October 25, 1894 |
Born
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Nantes |
| Early 1909 |
Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe meet at the Lycée
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Nantes |
| May 16, 1914 |
Lucy Schwob and Marcel Moore publish "Vues et visions" in Mercure de France
Contributor: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Paris |
| 1915–16 |
Travels to Jersey
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Saint Hélier |
| 1916 |
Names herself Claude Cahun
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Nantes |
| 1917 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore live in an apartment in Nantes
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Nantes |
| 1918–21 |
Contributes articles under multiple pseudonyms to La Gerbe and Mercure de France
Contributor: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris Nantes |
| 1918 |
Studies philosophy and literature at the Sorbonne
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris |
| 1919 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore publish Vues et visions as a book
Contributor: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Paris |
| 1921 |
Visits the Galerie Surrealiste, where she meets many other avant-garde artists
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris |
| 1925–27 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore collaborate with the Amis des Arts Esotériques and Théâtre Esotérique
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Paris |
| 1925–30 |
Publishes in Le Journal Litteraire, La Ligne de coeur, Mercure de France, L'Amitíe, Philosophies, Disque vert, Bifur, and Le Plateau
Contributor: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris Nantes |
| February–May 1929 |
Appears as a cast member in dramatic productions at Le Plateau
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris |
| 1930 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore publish Aveux non avenus
Contributor: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Paris |
| 1932–37 |
Member of the Association des Ecrivains et Artistes Revolutionaires (AEAR)
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Jacques-André Boiffard
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Paris |
| April 1932 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore meet André Breton and become involved with the Surrealists
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Paris |
| May 20–29, 1936 |
Exposition Surrealiste d'objets at Charles Ratton Gallery
Participant: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris |
| June 11–July 14, 1936 |
International Surrealist Exhibition, at the New Burlington Galleries
Participant: Constantin Brancusi, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Organizer: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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London |
| August–September 1936 |
Travels and photographs in Jersey
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Saint Hélier |
| 1937 |
Publication of Le Coeur de Pic, containing 20 photographs by Cahun and 32 poems by Lisa Deharme
Contributor: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris |
| 1938–54 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore live in Jersey
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Saint Hélier |
| 1940–44 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore take part in resistance activities and counter-propaganda during the German occupation of Jersey
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Saint Hélier |
| July 25, 1944 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore are arrested by the Gestapo and put in military prison
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Saint Hélier |
| November 16, 1944 |
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore are condemned to death by a German court martial
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Saint Hélier |
| May 8, 1945 |
German forces surrender and Cahun and Moore are freed from prison
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe)
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Saint Hélier |
| 1946 |
Makes plans to gather and publish her writings from the Resistance period as Le Muet dans le mêlée
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Saint Hélier |
| January 2, 1951 |
Receives the Medalle d'argent de la reconnaisance francais for her actions during the Resistance
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Saint Hélier |
| June 3–20, 1952 |
Visits Paris hoping to renew her connection with the circle of Surrealist artists
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Paris |
| December 8, 1954 |
Dies
At location: Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
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Saint Hélier |
