Rrose Sélavy
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Rrose Sélavy is the female alter ego and artistic pseudonym of Marcel Duchamp, used in his Dada and Surrealist works to explore identity, gender, and wordplay.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rrose Sélavy canonical | 12 |
| R. Mutt | 1 |
| Rrose Selavy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rrose Sélavy Context triple: [Marcel Duchamp, usedPseudonym, Rrose Sélavy]
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A.
Anne Pigalle
Anne Pigalle is a French-born chanteuse, visual artist, and performer known for her avant-garde style and work in the 1980s London art and music scene.
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B.
Sophie Calle
Sophie Calle is a French conceptual artist and writer known for her investigative, narrative-driven works that blend photography, text, and performance to explore themes of intimacy, surveillance, and identity.
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C.
Yves Klein
Yves Klein was a French avant-garde artist best known for his monochrome paintings, especially his signature International Klein Blue, and his pioneering work in performance and conceptual art.
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D.
Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken is a German contemporary artist renowned for her innovative sculptures, installations, and assemblages that often engage with architecture, urban space, and modern consumer culture.
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E.
Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist known for her bold, text-based works that combine black-and-white imagery with provocative slogans to critique consumerism, power, and gender politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rrose Sélavy Target entity description: Rrose Sélavy is the female alter ego and artistic pseudonym of Marcel Duchamp, used in his Dada and Surrealist works to explore identity, gender, and wordplay.
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A.
Anne Pigalle
Anne Pigalle is a French-born chanteuse, visual artist, and performer known for her avant-garde style and work in the 1980s London art and music scene.
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B.
Sophie Calle
Sophie Calle is a French conceptual artist and writer known for her investigative, narrative-driven works that blend photography, text, and performance to explore themes of intimacy, surveillance, and identity.
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C.
Yves Klein
Yves Klein was a French avant-garde artist best known for his monochrome paintings, especially his signature International Klein Blue, and his pioneering work in performance and conceptual art.
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D.
Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken is a German contemporary artist renowned for her innovative sculptures, installations, and assemblages that often engage with architecture, urban space, and modern consumer culture.
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E.
Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist known for her bold, text-based works that combine black-and-white imagery with provocative slogans to critique consumerism, power, and gender politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic persona
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female alter ego ⓘ fictional character ⓘ pseudonym ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rose Sélavy
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Rrose Selavy ⓘ
linked to:
Rrose Sélavy
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| associatedWith |
André Breton
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Man Ray ⓘ New York Dada ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealist Group in New York
Parisian Surrealism ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealist Group in Paris
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| depictedAs | Marcel Duchamp dressed in women’s clothing ⓘ |
| depictedIn | photographic portraits by Man Ray ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
avant-garde art
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experimental literature ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasCreatorGender | male ⓘ |
| hasGenderPresentation | female ⓘ |
| influenced |
later feminist art
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performance art involving drag ⓘ queer theory discussions of Duchamp ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| medium |
photography
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readymades ⓘ text ⓘ |
| movement |
Dada
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | pun on “Eros, c’est la vie” ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of gender identity
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exploration of sexual ambiguity ⓘ photographic portraits in drag ⓘ use of wordplay and puns ⓘ |
| notableQuoteAttribution | series of French puns and aphorisms published under the name Rrose Sélavy ⓘ |
| partOf | Marcel Duchamp’s overall artistic strategy ⓘ |
| realNameOfCreator |
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp
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linked to:
Marcel Duchamp
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| roleInWork |
author of aphorisms and puns
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signature on various Duchamp readymades ⓘ |
| theme |
eroticism
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linguistic play ⓘ questioning fixed identity ⓘ subversion of gender norms ⓘ |
| usedInWork |
Anemic Cinema (as author of some puns)
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Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette ⓘ L.H.O.O.Q. (as signature in some versions) ⓘ
linked to:
L.H.O.O.Q.
Why Not Sneeze, Rrose Sélavy? ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
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subject linked to:
Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
linked to: Rrose Sélavy
linked to: Rrose Sélavy
subject linked to:
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