"The Weaker Sex, by Charles Dana Gibson, 1903
“Illustrator Charles Dana Gibson’s (1867-1944) glamorous, winsome “Gibson girls” set the standard for female beauty in turn-of-the-century America. Here [in the above illustration], however, Gibson parodies his own creations, portraying his traditionally passive paradigms of womanhood as playfully assertive giants toying with a minuscule man.” (1)
(1) Library of Congress “Monstrous Craws & Character Flaws” Exhibit
The 1948 Vogue interpretation:
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Question. Does anyone know the approx. value of an original copy of The Weaker Sex by C.D Gibson. I’m finding plenty of info but no estimates.
Thanks Mike
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Do most readers know the connexion between CDG and Lady Astor, Nancy Lancaster and even the very attentuated one to Macculloch Hall Museum in Morristown NJ?
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