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| date_birth=25 October 1894 | | date_birth = 25 October 1894 | ||
| place_birth=Nantes, France | | place_birth = Nantes, France | ||
| date_death= 8 December 1954 | | date_death = 8 December 1954 | ||
| place_death= Saint Helier, Jersey | | place_death = Saint Helier, Jersey | ||
| nationality=French | | nationality = French | ||
| pronouns= | | pronouns = She/They | ||
| gender=[[Neuter]] | | gender = [[Neuter]] | ||
| occupation=artist | | occupation = artist | ||
| known_for=Self-portraits | | known_for = Self-portraits | ||
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'''Claude Cahun''' was a French photographer, sculptor and writer who is best known for self-portraits in which they assumed a variety of personae. They took on the gender-ambiguous name Claude Cahun in 1917. Cahun's work was both political and personal, and often undermined traditional concepts of static [[gender roles]]. In their autobiography, ''Disavowals'', they explained, "Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. [[Neuter]] is the only gender that always suits me."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disavowals : or cancelled confessions|first=Claude|last=Cahun|date=2008|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=9780262533034|oclc=922878515}}</ref> During World War II, Cahun was also active as a resistance worker and propagandist. | '''Claude Cahun''' was a French photographer, sculptor and writer who is best known for self-portraits in which they assumed a variety of personae. They took on the gender-ambiguous name Claude Cahun in 1917. Cahun's work was both political and personal, and often undermined traditional concepts of static [[gender roles]]. In their autobiography, ''Disavowals'', they explained, "Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. [[Neuter]] is the only gender that always suits me."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disavowals : or cancelled confessions|first=Claude|last=Cahun|date=2008|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=9780262533034|oclc=922878515}}</ref> Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore lived together and worked together. the rumored couple lived until around 90. During World War II, Cahun was also active as a resistance worker and propagandist. | ||
During the early 1920s, they settled in Paris with lifelong partner and step-sibling [[Marcel Moore]]. | During the early 1920s, they settled in Paris with lifelong partner and step-sibling [[Marcel Moore]]. | ||