Portraits of André Breton
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Portraits of André Breton is a series of Surrealist photographic portraits by Man Ray depicting the writer and movement leader André Breton.
All labels observed (1)
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| Portraits of André Breton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8042227 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portraits of André Breton Context triple: [Man Ray, notableWork, Portraits of André Breton]
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A.
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution was a French surrealist periodical of the early 1930s that combined avant-garde artistic experimentation with explicitly revolutionary, often Marxist, political commitments.
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B.
Surrealist Manifesto
The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
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La Révolution surréaliste
La Révolution surréaliste was an influential early Surrealist magazine published in Paris in the 1920s that served as a key platform for the movement’s manifestos, artworks, and experimental writings.
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L’Esprit Nouveau
L’Esprit Nouveau was an influential early 20th-century avant-garde magazine co-founded by Le Corbusier that promoted modernist ideas in art, architecture, and design.
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E.
Apollinaire and His Friends
"Apollinaire and His Friends" is a 1909 group portrait painting by French artist Marie Laurencin depicting the poet Guillaume Apollinaire alongside key figures of the Parisian avant-garde.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portraits of André Breton Target entity description: Portraits of André Breton is a series of Surrealist photographic portraits by Man Ray depicting the writer and movement leader André Breton.
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A.
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution was a French surrealist periodical of the early 1930s that combined avant-garde artistic experimentation with explicitly revolutionary, often Marxist, political commitments.
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B.
Surrealist Manifesto
The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
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C.
La Révolution surréaliste
La Révolution surréaliste was an influential early Surrealist magazine published in Paris in the 1920s that served as a key platform for the movement’s manifestos, artworks, and experimental writings.
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D.
L’Esprit Nouveau
L’Esprit Nouveau was an influential early 20th-century avant-garde magazine co-founded by Le Corbusier that promoted modernist ideas in art, architecture, and design.
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E.
Apollinaire and His Friends
"Apollinaire and His Friends" is a 1909 group portrait painting by French artist Marie Laurencin depicting the poet Guillaume Apollinaire alongside key figures of the Parisian avant-garde.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Surrealist photography
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artwork series ⓘ photographic series ⓘ |
| artForm | photography ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| creator | Man Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorArtisticMovement |
Dada
NERFINISHED
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Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName | Emmanuel Radnitzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorKnownFor |
Surrealist photography
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experimental portraiture ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| creatorResidenceAtTime | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| depictsGender | male ⓘ |
| depictsMovement | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsNationality | French ⓘ |
| depictsOccupation |
poet
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writer ⓘ |
| depictsPersonRole |
author of the Surrealist Manifesto
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theorist of Surrealism ⓘ |
| depictsRole | leader of the Surrealist movement ⓘ |
| genre | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
20th-century avant-garde photography
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Surrealist portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | none ⓘ |
| hasPart | photographic portrait of André Breton ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
Surrealist composition
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avant-garde portraiture ⓘ experimental lighting ⓘ |
| mainSubject | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
gelatin silver print
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photographic print ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| subjectNotableFor |
Surrealist literature
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Surrealist theory NERFINISHED ⓘ leadership of the Surrealist movement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Portraits of André Breton Description of subject: Portraits of André Breton is a series of Surrealist photographic portraits by Man Ray depicting the writer and movement leader André Breton.
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