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Queer Turn of the Century

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Sean Joseph Kramer
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 2:18 p.m.

39 Items in this Learning Collection
Boy with Red Kerchief
A shirtless boy sits wearing blue pants with a red kerchief on his head.
Collection Object
L'Appollo del Belvedere

Collection Object
Plaid Shawl
A portrait of a woman seated on a sofa. The figure wears a dress complemented by a plaid shawl around her shoulders. She looks out beyond the pictorial space of the image.
Collection Object
Business-Men's Class
In an interior space, a large group of men stand with their right arms out and their left elbows bent with their hands on their hips. They are all facing a man whose back is to the viewer. He is also holding his right arm out.
Collection Object
Carrot with cricket

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Study for 'The Daughters of the Mist'

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Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men

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Gee! I Wish I Were a Man - I'd Join the Navy, Naval Reserve, or Coast Guard

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For Your Boy - United War Work Campaign

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Portrait of Sir Frederick Leighton, PRA

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Isadora Duncan
Drawing of a woman, kneeling, facing viewer, arms extended to the ground on the sides of her body, head leaning back. 
Collection Object
Isadora Duncan
A drawing of a woman standing, facing the viewer, with knees turned slightly to the left and arms extended to the sides, slightly raised. 
Collection Object
St. Michael Vanquishing Satan

Collection Object
Men's Fashions
Display window advertising men's suits.
Collection Object
Bust of Diana
Bust-length figure of a woman with head turned proper left, down-turned eyelids and crescent moon atop head; executed in bronze with a rich, dark patina on a brownish stone base.<br />
Collection Object
Roses and Flowers in a Glass
This painting depicts a glass vase with roses, phlox, and other flowers standing on a table. One pink rose lies next to the vase on the table; the background is an undifferentiated background of brown/tan.
Collection Object
F. Holland Day in Algerian Costume
Photograph of F. Holland Day in an "Algerian costume." Day sits cross-legged and looks down on his clasped hands resting in his lap.
Collection Object
Goat Herders Reverie

Collection Object
Young Woman by a Window
Painting featuring a woman wearing a pink and white dress with a train and bustle pulling back a curtain in front of an open window. The woman is in a room decorated with blue and green wallpaper matching the curtain and she stands in front of a table containing potted plants.&nbsp;
Collection Object
Charity (La Charité)
Painting of a woman holding two sleeping nude babies, wearing white fabric draped over her head and shoulders with abundant blue-green fabric wrapped and loosely gathered around the rest of her body standing in front of a lush background with areas of blue sky peaking through the foliage.
Collection Object
Vespasian hearing from one of his generals of the taking of Jerusalem by Titus
The Roman emperor Vespasian sits in an interior receiving a document from a standing figure to the right of the composition. The emperor is dressed in a white robe and sits on a red chair to the left of the composition. The interior is largely dark, with the exception of the emperor, whose figure is brightly lit.<br />The painting is in the original frame, which is constructed to resemble a Roman Temple with base, entablature, and fluted ionic pilasters.
Collection Object
Portrait of Whistler
This image shows a figure set back a bit from the viewer, and standing at an angle facing toward the left of the page. The figure is dressed in a black suit with a white shirt, and is standing on a fairly plain ground with just a few black lines. The figure's hair and outfit blend into the black background.
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Judgement of Solomon

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Ces dames des chars

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Two Figures

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La glace à main

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Head of a Dog

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The Seasons
Four women pose in an outdoor setting. Three women sit on the ground in light dresses, one reads and the other two look toward her book. One woman stands, leaning against a tree that frames the left-most side of the image; she wears a dark dress, her back turned to the viewer.
Collection Object
Balzac, The Open Sky
This photogravure is one of a series of photographs commissioned by Auguste Rodin of his statue of the French writer Honoré de Balzac. The cloaked figure is off-center and facing to the right of the frame. The sculpture emerges from the landscape, illuminated by light from behind and to the left.
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Le foyer de la Comedie-Francaise pendant le siege de Paris

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Les deux amis

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Le matin

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Les Petit Cavaliers, after Vélazquez
The image depicts thirteen men, arranged in three groups and facing in various directions, all standing in a generic outdoor setting. They wear seventeenth century-style costume consisting predominantly of black coats and trousers with white square collars. Several wear black hats, and one waves his hat in the air. The majority either carry or lean on swords. 
Collection Object
Le Chat et les fleurs
On a wooden ledge in the foreground, a cat rubs up against a clawed pot holding flowers. The feline's coat is dark with the exception of a white strip running from its belly up to its chin.  An iron railing spans the width of the background. A second pot of flowers without clawed feet is visible behind the cat; some of its flowers appear to be growing through the lattice of the railing. 
Collection Object
Bathers

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The Bathers (large plate)

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Bathers

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Croquis d'Eté. Pl.39: On m'a conseillé les bains froids pour...maigrir!...

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Soldier

Collection Object
39 Items in this Learning Collection
Boy with Red Kerchief
A shirtless boy sits wearing blue pants with a red kerchief on his head.
Collection Object
L'Appollo del Belvedere

Collection Object
Plaid Shawl
A portrait of a woman seated on a sofa. The figure wears a dress complemented by a plaid shawl around her shoulders. She looks out beyond the pictorial space of the image.
Collection Object
Business-Men's Class
In an interior space, a large group of men stand with their right arms out and their left elbows bent with their hands on their hips. They are all facing a man whose back is to the viewer. He is also holding his right arm out.
Collection Object
Carrot with cricket

Collection Object
Study for 'The Daughters of the Mist'

Collection Object
Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men

Collection Object
Gee! I Wish I Were a Man - I'd Join the Navy, Naval Reserve, or Coast Guard

Collection Object
For Your Boy - United War Work Campaign

Collection Object
Portrait of Sir Frederick Leighton, PRA

Collection Object
Isadora Duncan
Drawing of a woman, kneeling, facing viewer, arms extended to the ground on the sides of her body, head leaning back. 
Collection Object
Isadora Duncan
A drawing of a woman standing, facing the viewer, with knees turned slightly to the left and arms extended to the sides, slightly raised. 
Collection Object
St. Michael Vanquishing Satan

Collection Object
Men's Fashions
Display window advertising men&#39;s suits.
Collection Object
Bust of Diana
Bust-length figure of a woman with head turned proper left, down-turned eyelids and crescent moon atop head; executed in bronze with a rich, dark patina on a brownish stone base.<br />
Collection Object
Roses and Flowers in a Glass
This painting depicts a glass vase with roses, phlox, and other flowers standing on a table. One pink rose lies next to the vase on the table; the background is an undifferentiated background of brown/tan.
Collection Object
F. Holland Day in Algerian Costume
Photograph of F. Holland Day in an "Algerian costume." Day sits cross-legged and looks down on his clasped hands resting in his lap.
Collection Object
Goat Herders Reverie

Collection Object
Young Woman by a Window
Painting featuring a woman wearing a pink and white dress with a train and bustle pulling back a curtain in front of an open window. The woman is in a room decorated with blue and green wallpaper matching the curtain and she stands in front of a table containing potted plants.&nbsp;
Collection Object
Charity (La Charité)
Painting of a woman holding two sleeping nude babies, wearing white fabric draped over her head and shoulders with abundant blue-green fabric wrapped and loosely gathered around the rest of her body standing in front of a lush background with areas of blue sky peaking through the foliage.
Collection Object
Vespasian hearing from one of his generals of the taking of Jerusalem by Titus
The Roman emperor Vespasian sits in an interior receiving a document from a standing figure to the right of the composition. The emperor is dressed in a white robe and sits on a red chair to the left of the composition. The interior is largely dark, with the exception of the emperor, whose figure is brightly lit.<br />The painting is in the original frame, which is constructed to resemble a Roman Temple with base, entablature, and fluted ionic pilasters.
Collection Object
Portrait of Whistler
This image shows a figure set back a bit from the viewer, and standing at an angle facing toward the left of the page. The figure is dressed in a black suit with a white shirt, and is standing on a fairly plain ground with just a few black lines. The figure's hair and outfit blend into the black background.
Collection Object
Judgement of Solomon

Collection Object
Ces dames des chars

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Two Figures

Collection Object
La glace à main

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Head of a Dog

Collection Object
The Seasons
Four women pose in an outdoor setting. Three women sit on the ground in light dresses, one reads and the other two look toward her book. One woman stands, leaning against a tree that frames the left-most side of the image; she wears a dark dress, her back turned to the viewer.
Collection Object
Balzac, The Open Sky
This photogravure is one of a series of photographs commissioned by Auguste Rodin of his statue of the French writer Honoré de Balzac. The cloaked figure is off-center and facing to the right of the frame. The sculpture emerges from the landscape, illuminated by light from behind and to the left.
Collection Object
Le foyer de la Comedie-Francaise pendant le siege de Paris

Collection Object
Les deux amis

Collection Object
Le matin

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Les Petit Cavaliers, after Vélazquez
The image depicts thirteen men, arranged in three groups and facing in various directions, all standing in a generic outdoor setting. They wear seventeenth century-style costume consisting predominantly of black coats and trousers with white square collars. Several wear black hats, and one waves his hat in the air. The majority either carry or lean on swords. 
Collection Object
Le Chat et les fleurs
On a wooden ledge in the foreground, a cat rubs up against a clawed pot holding flowers. The feline's coat is dark with the exception of a white strip running from its belly up to its chin.  An iron railing spans the width of the background. A second pot of flowers without clawed feet is visible behind the cat; some of its flowers appear to be growing through the lattice of the railing. 
Collection Object
Bathers

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The Bathers (large plate)

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Bathers

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Croquis d'Eté. Pl.39: On m'a conseillé les bains froids pour...maigrir!...

Collection Object
Soldier

Collection Object

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Gee! I Wish I Were a Man - I'd Join the Navy, Naval Reserve, or Coast Guard

Accession Number
1954/2.35.20

Title
Gee! I Wish I Were a Man - I'd Join the Navy, Naval Reserve, or Coast Guard

Artist(s)
Howard Chandler Christy

Object Creation Date
1918

Medium & Support
color lithograph on paper

Dimensions
40.9 x 27 3/16 in. (104 x 69 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons

Label copy
Like her counterpart in the previous poster (no. 4- Christy "I Want You For the Navy"), this bouncy little number in an enlisted man's uniform is another of the "Christy Girls". The particular version of the Christy type was dubbed the "Honey Girl" by the many men she enticed into enlisting in the service. She may wish she were a man, but no red-blooded American boy could miss the kewpie doll sensuosity in her piquant naiveté particularly as she is posed in a uniform too large for her that clings suggestively to her very womanly body. Although the contemporary writer Albert Gallatin criticized Christy's sketchy use of line as unsuited to poster work, this bright, perky poster catches the eye and consequently does its job very well. The fact that the poster was reissued several times in 1917-1918 attest to its success and popularity.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
World War I
costume (mode of fashion)
costumes
modern and contemporary art
navies
posters
seamen
soldier
standing
wars
women (female humans)

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