Sophie Taeuber-Arp
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Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a pioneering Swiss artist, designer, and dancer whose abstract, geometric works and interdisciplinary practice made her a central figure in the Dada and early modernist movements.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sophie Taeuber-Arp canonical | 3 |
| Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber | 1 |
| Taeuber-Arp | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2766933 — 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: Sophie Taeuber-Arp Context triple: [Dada, hasKeyFigure, Sophie Taeuber-Arp]
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A.
Alexandra Exter
Alexandra Exter was a pioneering Russian-French avant-garde painter and stage designer associated with Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism, known for her vibrant abstract compositions and innovative theatrical work.
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B.
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay was a pioneering Ukrainian-French artist and designer known for her vibrant abstract paintings, textile designs, and role in developing the Orphism movement alongside her husband Robert Delaunay.
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C.
Hans Arp
Hans Arp was a pioneering Alsatian artist and poet known for his abstract biomorphic sculptures and collages, and for co-founding the Dada movement before becoming a key figure in Surrealism.
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D.
Lucia Moholy
Lucia Moholy was a Czech-born photographer and writer best known for her influential documentation of the Bauhaus school and its artists in the 1920s.
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E.
Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger was a German-American painter, printmaker, and caricaturist best known for his architectonic, cubist-influenced Expressionist works and his association with the Bauhaus.
- 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: Sophie Taeuber-Arp Target entity description: Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a pioneering Swiss artist, designer, and dancer whose abstract, geometric works and interdisciplinary practice made her a central figure in the Dada and early modernist movements.
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A.
Alexandra Exter
Alexandra Exter was a pioneering Russian-French avant-garde painter and stage designer associated with Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism, known for her vibrant abstract compositions and innovative theatrical work.
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B.
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay was a pioneering Ukrainian-French artist and designer known for her vibrant abstract paintings, textile designs, and role in developing the Orphism movement alongside her husband Robert Delaunay.
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C.
Hans Arp
Hans Arp was a pioneering Alsatian artist and poet known for his abstract biomorphic sculptures and collages, and for co-founding the Dada movement before becoming a key figure in Surrealism.
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D.
Lucia Moholy
Lucia Moholy was a Czech-born photographer and writer best known for her influential documentation of the Bauhaus school and its artists in the 1920s.
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E.
Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger was a German-American painter, printmaker, and caricaturist best known for his architectonic, cubist-influenced Expressionist works and his association with the Bauhaus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dada artist
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Swiss person ⓘ artist ⓘ dancer ⓘ designer ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ textile artist ⓘ |
| birthName |
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber
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| causeOfDeath | carbon monoxide poisoning ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-01-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kunstgewerbeschule, Munich
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surface form:
Kunstgewerbeschule München
School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen ⓘ École des arts décoratifs de Genève ⓘ |
| employer | Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich ⓘ |
| familyName |
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Taeuber-Arp
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| fieldOfWork |
dance
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interior design ⓘ painting ⓘ performance ⓘ sculpture ⓘ textile design ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
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geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| givenName | Sophie ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Kunstmuseum Basel
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Kunstmuseum Bern ⓘ Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ |
| influenced |
Concrete art
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surface form:
Concrete art movement
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| influencedBy |
Dada
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surface form:
Dada movement
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| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | German ⓘ |
| movement |
Concrete art
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Constructivism ⓘ Dada ⓘ Abstract art ⓘ
surface form:
Geometric abstraction
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| name | Sophie Taeuber-Arp self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interdisciplinary practice across fine and applied arts
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key role in early Dada in Zürich ⓘ pioneering abstract geometric compositions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aubette interior design
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Composition with Circles and Semi-Circles ⓘ Dada Head ⓘ Marionettes for “King Stag” ⓘ Vertical-Horizontal Composition ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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teacher ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Cabaret Voltaire
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surface form:
Cabaret Voltaire performances
Dada movement in Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
Zürich Dada
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| placeOfBirth |
Canton of Graubünden
NERFINISHED
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Davos ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Switzerland
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Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
Zürich
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Hans Arp
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surface form:
Jean Arp
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| workLocation |
Paris
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Strasbourg ⓘ Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
Zürich
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber
this entity surface form:
Taeuber-Arp