Girl and pug in an Automobile (Vore Damer, 1927) by Gerda Wegener Style:White frame Caravaggio’s The Lute Player is

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Girl and pug in an Automobile (Vore Damer, 1927) by Gerda Wegener Style:White frame Caravaggio’s The Lute Player isGirl and Pug in an Automobile (Vore Damer) by Gerda Wegener is pure modern girl glamour with a mischievous twist. A red cloche hat, a plaid coat, a smug pug, and a speeding open top car. Its not a scene so much as a statement: independence, style, and a woman in control of the story (and the steering wheel). It's chic Copenhagen era fantasy of speed and self possession, created for the Danish publication Vore Damer (Our Ladies) as part of the kind of