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Two Cocottes with Hats (Deux cocottes avec des chapeaux)
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Two Cocottes with Hats (Deux cocottes avec des chapeaux)

Gerda Wegener
1920
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The story

In France, Gerda Wegener made pictures of women displaying their seductive power, along with frankly sexual scenes that were labeled lesbian erotica and published in illicit art books. Her elegant cocottes come from that body of work.

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Object details

Title
Two Cocottes with Hats (Deux cocottes avec des chapeaux)
Artist
Gerda Wegener
Date
1920
Culture
Danish
Medium
Painting
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Private collection (sold at Bruun Rasmussen)
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.0458
Original image
2226 × 3000 px
Source record
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License evidence
See the license

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