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In the Heat of Summer (Lili) (I sommervarmen)

1924

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The story

Lili Elbe first posed for Gerda Wegener when the regular model, the actress Anna Larssen, was late, putting on stockings and heels to stand in. Lili came to love the clothes, took the name Larssen suggested, and became Wegener's favorite model.

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Object details

Title: In the Heat of Summer (Lili) (I sommervarmen)
Artist: Gerda Wegener
Date: 1924
Culture: Danish
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Private collection, Denmark
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0459
Original image: 2125 × 2733 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gerda Wegener. In the Heat of Summer (Lili) (I sommervarmen). 1924. Private collection, Denmark. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0459/