Lili Elbe
1928
Gerda Wegener’s 1928 portrait captures her wife, Lili Elbe, in all her Jazz Age glamour, sporting a chic blonde bob, dramatic eyelashes, and elegant white gloves. Lili leans casually against a long cane, seemingly enjoying a quiet moment with a strawberry and a cocktail amidst a stylized, geometric background. As one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery, Lili’s story is a fascinating piece of history that was later brought to the big screen in 'The Danish Girl.' Wegener’s soft, pastel palette and fashionable illustration style perfectly immortalize the liberated spirit of the 1920s.
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