Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe: an "amour fou"
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Claude Cahun, Susanne Malherbe, Photography, HomosexualityAbstract
Claude Cahun is a writer and photographer born in Nantes in 1894.
The purpose of this work is to explore her polymorphic and fluctuating identity through the artistic and affective link with her partner Suzanne Malherbe.
Starting from the analysis of the iconic themes composing the visual symbol used by the two artists to sanction the exclusivity of their affair, we can conclude that Claude Cahun, by the means of her partner, becomes the absolute protagonist of her work, demolishing the wall between reality and art.
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