The Abandoned Doll
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The Abandoned Doll is a 1921 oil painting by French artist Suzanne Valadon that poignantly depicts a young girl on the threshold between childhood and adolescence, highlighting themes of innocence, sexuality, and maternal tension.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Poupée abandonnée | 1 |
| The Abandoned Doll canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9411973 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Abandoned Doll Context triple: [Suzanne Valadon, notableWork, The Abandoned Doll]
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A.
Living Doll
"Living Doll" is a famous episode of the original The Twilight Zone series in which a seemingly sentient talking doll terrorizes a family, becoming one of the show's most iconic horror stories.
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B.
Island of the Dolls
Island of the Dolls is a famously eerie tourist attraction in the canals of Xochimilco near Mexico City, known for its trees and structures covered with hundreds of decaying dolls hung in tribute to a drowned girl.
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C.
My Living Doll
My Living Doll is a 1960s American science-fiction sitcom about a lifelike female robot learning to live among humans.
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D.
Paper Doll
"Paper Doll" is a popular 1942 song made famous by The Mills Brothers, known for its smooth vocal harmonies and enduring status as a pop and jazz standard.
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E.
Paper Doll
"Paper Doll" is a song featured on the album "Paradise Valley" by American singer-songwriter John Mayer.
- 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: The Abandoned Doll Target entity description: The Abandoned Doll is a 1921 oil painting by French artist Suzanne Valadon that poignantly depicts a young girl on the threshold between childhood and adolescence, highlighting themes of innocence, sexuality, and maternal tension.
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A.
Living Doll
"Living Doll" is a famous episode of the original The Twilight Zone series in which a seemingly sentient talking doll terrorizes a family, becoming one of the show's most iconic horror stories.
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B.
Island of the Dolls
Island of the Dolls is a famously eerie tourist attraction in the canals of Xochimilco near Mexico City, known for its trees and structures covered with hundreds of decaying dolls hung in tribute to a drowned girl.
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C.
My Living Doll
My Living Doll is a 1960s American science-fiction sitcom about a lifelike female robot learning to live among humans.
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D.
Paper Doll
"Paper Doll" is a popular 1942 song made famous by The Mills Brothers, known for its smooth vocal harmonies and enduring status as a pop and jazz standard.
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E.
Paper Doll
"Paper Doll" is a song featured on the album "Paradise Valley" by American singer-songwriter John Mayer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | early 20th-century French painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | explores transition from childhood to adolescence in early 20th-century art ⓘ |
| artist | Suzanne Valadon ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Suzanne Valadon ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName | Suzanne Valadon ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1921 ⓘ |
| depictionFocus | psychological tension between figures ⓘ |
| depicts |
doll
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interior scene ⓘ woman ⓘ young girl ⓘ |
| genre |
figurative painting
ⓘ
genre painting ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female artist ⓘ |
| iconography | discarded doll as symbol of lost childhood ⓘ |
| inception | 1921 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject | girl on the threshold between childhood and adolescence ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Modern art
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Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frank treatment of female sexuality
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psychological complexity of its figures ⓘ subversion of traditional maternal imagery ⓘ |
| partOf | Suzanne Valadon’s mature period ⓘ |
| period | 1920s art ⓘ |
| style |
bold contouring
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flattened modeling ⓘ strong linear definition ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
domestic interior
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family dynamics ⓘ female body ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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female adolescence ⓘ innocence ⓘ maternal tension ⓘ mother–daughter relationship ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage |
La Poupée abandonnée
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linked to:
The Abandoned Doll
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Abandoned Doll Description of subject: The Abandoned Doll is a 1921 oil painting by French artist Suzanne Valadon that poignantly depicts a young girl on the threshold between childhood and adolescence, highlighting themes of innocence, sexuality, and maternal tension.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Abandoned Doll