A skinny man wearing a frilly pink shirt, striped trousers and heels (?), while smoking. Colour process print after Nertz, 196-.

  • Nertz, active approximately 1965.
Date:
[between 1960 and 1969?]
Reference:
2059414i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A skinny man wearing a frilly pink shirt, striped trousers and heels (?), while smoking. Colour process print after Nertz, 196-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[England?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1960 and 1969?]

Physical description

1 print : process print, printed in colours ; 14 x 9.3 cm

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Ecce homo (behold - the man). Nertz

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Nertz depicted fashionable figures in the 'swinging London' of the 1960s. The 'sexual revolution' of that decade brought about a new openness about homosexuality, particularly after its partial decriminalisation in 1967. At the same time, youthful fashions became androgynous: 'uni-sex' styles appeared that could be worn by either sex, and fashionable young men wore make-up, and hair longer than the girls'. Despite such fashionable figures as the pop-singer David Bowie declaring himself to be 'bisexual', overtly 'effeminate' stereotypes as illustrated on the catalogued item were still generally considered figures of fun".

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2059414i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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