M. Bottier-Damars (1918) by Gerda Wegener Style:Wood frame Designed to inspire and amuse

Designed to inspire and amuse

is designed for those who love to challenge norms while celebrating identity

this print brings just the right amount of muscle

" an evocative piece from the Rainbow Collective

5 cm (36 × 46 in)

M. Bottier-Damars (1918) by Gerda Wegener Style:Wood frame Designed to inspire and amuseM. Bottier Damars (1918) is Gerda Wegener at her sharpest: an oval vignette of nightlife polish, where a perfectly styled figure toys with a hat like its a prop and a shield at once. Made as an illustration for Lo Larguiers novel LAbdication de Ris Orangis, it turns respectable society into theatre, and desire into a social performance. In Wegeners world, gender is styling, power is posture, and the gaze is always part of the plot.