Two Mermaids (1918) by Gerda Wegener Size:30x40 cm / 12x16″ the charge between rebellion and

the charge between rebellion and desire

A muscular older man is seen in three quarter view side on wearing only a jockstrap

the unknown

and unapologetically cosmic - Spacegirl #3 captures a futuristic heroine in vivid colour

but the intimacy matters: like Sargent’s other late male figure studies

Two Mermaids (1918) by Gerda Wegener Size:30x40 cm / 12x16″ the charge between rebellion andGerda Wegeners Two Mermaids (1918), painted in watercolour and signed from Arcachon, is seaside fantasy with teeth beneath the pearls. Two mythic women perch together as a dark wave rises behind them: intimate, decorative and deliciously sapphic coded. The sitters are imagined, not securely identified, but Wegeners world was shaped by Lili Elbe, her spouse, muse and a defining figure in trans history. At a time when Wegeners erotic women and gender