Lesbian Bar, 1930–32

Jeanne Mammen
Germany, 1890–1976
Lithograph on japan paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation,
Beverly Hills, CA
M.2018.9.1

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Jeanne Mammen’s neighborhood full of cabarets, clubs, and brothels was the center of swinging nightlife in Weimar Berlin, and her work chronicled its freewheeling, bawdy spirit. Just a few blocks down from her apartment on Kurfürstendamm, Marlene Dietrich and Margo Lion sang homoerotic duets including this popular hit.