Artist Monograph

Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), French

French, 1894–1954

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	7	77.8%
Printmaking	1	11.1%
Other Media	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	7	77.8%
Drawings & Prints	2	22.2%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	100%

Range: 10.0 cm → 27.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1998	1
2001	2
2020	1
2022	2
2026	3

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1648.2001	1921–22	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 5 7/8" (23.7 × 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo, by exchange
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1649.2001	c. 1925	Gelatin silver print	4 1/16 × 2 15/16" (10.3 × 7.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Abbott-Levy Collection funds, by exchange
Entre Nous (variante) Photograph Acc. 32.2026	1926	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 6 11/16" (23 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Untitled Photograph Acc. 763.1998	c. 1928	Gelatin silver print	4 9/16 × 3 1/2" (10 × 7.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase and anonymous promised gift
M.R.M (Sex) Photograph Acc. 35.2020	c. 1929-30	Gelatin silver print	6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Théâtre de recherches dramatiques. Claude Cahun (autoportrait) et Solange Roussot dans Le Mystère d’Adam Photograph Acc. 34.2026	1929	Gelatin silver print	3 × 3 15/16" (7.6 × 10 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Robert B. Menschel Permanent Photography Endowment Fund
Théâtre de recherches dramatiques. Claude Cahun au masque et Roger Roussot dans Le Mystère d’Adam Photograph Acc. 33.2026	1929	Gelatin silver print	3 × 3 15/16" (7.6 × 10 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Robert B. Menschel Permanent Photography Endowment Fund
Aveux non avenus (Canceled Confessions) Illustrated Book Acc. 457.2022	published 1930	Book with eleven gravures reproducing photomontages; letterpress text. Publisher’s original letterpress-printed paper wrapper over paper covers; publisher-issued letterpress-printed prière d’insérer loosely inserted.	Book (closed): 8 11/16 × 6 11/16 × 1 1/8 in. (22.1 × 17 × 2.8 cm); pages: 8 1/4 × 6 5/16 in. (21 × 16 cm); insert: 8 1/16 × 5 7/8" (20.5 × 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Le Coeur de Pic (The Heart of Spades) Illustrated Book Acc. 458.2022	1937	Book of poems with twenty black-and-white photogravures; bound, green cloth spine with illustrated red board covers, 56 pages	book, closed: 10 15/16 × 8 9/16 × 9/16" (27.8 × 21.7 × 1.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell