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Portrait of Lili Elbe with a Green Feather Fan (Portræt af Lili Elbe med grøn fjervifte)

1920

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The story

Lili Elbe was Gerda Wegener's favorite model, appearing in many of her paintings of stylish women. In Paris, Wegener often painted Lili alone or the two of them together, sometimes presenting Lili as a man and sometimes as a woman.

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Object details

Title: Portrait of Lili Elbe with a Green Feather Fan (Portræt af Lili Elbe med grøn fjervifte)
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.0508
Original image: 1729 × 2303 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gerda Wegener. Portrait of Lili Elbe with a Green Feather Fan (Portræt af Lili Elbe med grøn fjervifte). 1920. Private collection (sold at Bruun Rasmussen). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0508/