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Two Friends on a Red Sofa (To veninder i en rød sofa)

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Two Friends on a Red Sofa (To veninder i en rød sofa)

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The story

In France, Gerda Wegener made pictures of women wielding seductive power or making love to each other, some of it labeled lesbian erotica and published in illicit art books. Her own sexuality was something she never talked about in public.

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Object details

Title: Two Friends on a Red Sofa (To veninder i en rød sofa)
Artist: Gerda Wegener
Date: undated
Culture: Danish
Medium: Pen and watercolour
Object type: Drawings
Collection: Private collection (sold at Bruun Rasmussen)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0510
Original image: 1942 × 2400 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gerda Wegener. Two Friends on a Red Sofa (To veninder i en rød sofa). undated. Private collection (sold at Bruun Rasmussen). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0510/

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