M. Bottier-Damars (1918) by Gerda Wegener Style:Wood frame from a viewpoint that brings

from a viewpoint that brings us close and reduces him to a torso and buttocks

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

The sitter is not named

while his queer perspective infuses the composition with intimacy

At once playful and provocative

M. Bottier-Damars (1918) by Gerda Wegener Style:Wood frame from a viewpoint that bringsM. 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.