Two Mermaids (1918) by Gerda Wegener Size:30x40 cm / 12x16″ but the intimacy matters: like

but the intimacy matters: like Sargent’s other late male figure studies

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with artwork by Wegener

"Dockside Farewell Kiss" captures a tender moment of love and longing as two sailors share a goodbye embrace at the pier

later famous as the face behind the Arrow Collar Man

Two Mermaids (1918) by Gerda Wegener Size:30x40 cm / 12x16″ but the intimacy matters: likeGerda Wegeners Two Mermaids (1918), painted in watercolour and signed from Arcachon, is seaside fantasy with teeth beneath the pearls. Two mythic women perch together as a dark wave rises behind them: intimate, decorative and deliciously sapphic coded. The sitters are imagined, not securely identified, but Wegeners world was shaped by Lili Elbe, her spouse, muse and a defining figure in trans history. At a time when Wegeners erotic women and gender