Arthena Deco - Being a Girl in the 1920's

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Another Coffee Table book from Kristine Mitchell and Pearl S. DiMaggio, Arthena Deco: Being a Girl in the 1920's is an illustrated volume of paintings of transsexuals in the pre-Cowell/Jorgensen 1920's.

With a forward by Jennifer Brock and Introduction by Dame Suzie Heywood, this volume promises to be the talk at least of anyone who mistakenly uses it for a coaster, and perhaps some might even pick the damn thing up and look through it.



Some of the Illustrations include:
  
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At $175.00 at Barnes & Noble. Also available at Matuschek Books and Fox Mega Books.
 
Published by Movin'Dirt, Ltd; also available in Trade Paperback from CairnsGirl books.


all paintings by Maria Gá³rska (1898-1980), an Art Deco portrait artist
who worked in the 1920's under the pseudonym, Tamara de Lempica

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka

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WOW - I never knew

Hope Eternal Reigns's picture

I had no idea transgenderism was so prevalent in the 1920s.

with love,

Hope

Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.

Great piece and wonderful art....

Trans(whatevers) has been around since the ancient Greeks at least. It is interesting to see the trans protitutes protrayed in Scorsese's film "Gangs of New York", in the pre Civil War period. I suppose that any condition of people has been around since people have.

Brat

Oh yeah...great piece Drea...as usual

Thank you 'Drea,

' you have really excelled yourself this time,
great illustrations and so pertaining to the era.
I will not allow myself to put names to the faces!:)

ALISON

That Was So Much Fun

littlerocksilver's picture

Maybe the technology wasn't ready, but they certainly were. Such beautiful ladies.

Portia

Actually, Hope,, It was...

Ole Ulfson's picture

Not that I'm THAT old. It just wasn't understood in the 20's or the 40's or 60's for that matter. It wasn't till the 80's that folks figured out that we existed and even then they didn't get it!

'Course even now lots of people don't understand us; even one or two on this site who insist on making smarmy comments on what they clearly don't understand at all. I was always taught that if you didn't understand someone you were to keep your mouth shut lest you hurt someone or foolishly embarrass yourself.

Of course that was a more genteel age. They even tried to teach us good manors and to be polite... ;D

Ole

We are each exactly as God made us. God does not make mistakes!

Gender rights are the new civil rights!

I love Art Deco...

...so this made me very happy indeed! ^___^

-Liz

Successor to the LToC
Formerly known as "momonoimoto"

An Absolute Steal

joannebarbarella's picture

At only $175 I'm racing off to Barnes & Noble while stocks last,

Joanne

At 1.5 USD to the GBP

This has to be remarkable value.

S.

Athena Deco Walter

Sabre Sarah's picture

You realize that now I will never see Between Two Wars on YouTube quite the same way again? The portrait of Walter is prominent on their set