Although her renown in the art world gradually faded after she abandoned photography, Henri was rediscovered to some degree in 1974, when Cologne gallery owner Ann Wilde devoted a solo exhibition to her work.

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Henri died in a small village outside of Paris in on July 24, 1982.

Though she has yet to achieve the fame of many of her contemporaries, her work continues to garner interest from art historians and critics.

American lesbian art in the earlier twentieth century was indelibly shaped by the expatriate experience and by the emergence of a more democratic art form, photography, as well as by the intense pressure following World War II to retreat into the closet.

The most significant examples of pre-Stonewall lesbian photography convey relationships, reflect lesbian iconography, or show the photographer looking at and recording her beloved.

While nude depictions of women appear in most cultures, on both sides of the equator, and in rich variety, lesbian artists have been particularly resourceful in their use of the female nude.

Photographer, photo collagist, writer, and translator Claude Cahun is known today primarily for creating images, including self-portraits, that play with concepts of gender.

One of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Marcel Duchamp desired to break down all linguistic, sexual, and social restraints.