Football Player (1913) by J.C. Leyendecker Size:A3 (29.7 x 42 cm) Gerda Wegener’s Pierrot with Chanteuse

Gerda Wegener’s Pierrot with Chanteuse and Satyr (1918) is pure backstage mischief: a singer in a frothy gown pauses at the piano as Pierrot steals a kiss

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Football Player (1913) by J.C. Leyendecker Size:A3 (29.7 x 42 cm) Gerda Wegener’s Pierrot with ChanteuseJ. C. Leyendeckers Football Player (1913) turns college sport into a study in swagger. A young athlete in a tight red jersey grips his helmet, posed less like a player than an icon of American masculinity. The sitter is not securely named, but Leyendeckers male ideal was shaped by Charles Beach, his model, muse and life partner. Painted as football was becoming a cultural symbol of strength, discipline and manhood, this image now reads with a queer