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Gerda and Einar Wegener on a Terrace

1930–40

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The story

Gerda Wegener often painted Lili Elbe, her spouse and favorite model, either alone or beside herself, showing Lili sometimes as a man and sometimes as a woman. The couple had moved to Paris in 1912 and threw themselves into its bohemian life of artists, dancers and carnivals.

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Object details

Title: Gerda and Einar Wegener on a Terrace
Artist: Gerda Wegener
Date: 1930–40
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.0596
Original image: 2278 × 1694 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gerda Wegener. Gerda and Einar Wegener on a Terrace. 1930–40. Private collection (sold at Bruun Rasmussen). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0596/