Felicity, Then and Now
Item
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Title
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Felicity, Then and Now
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Rights
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Mariette Pathy Allen, National Gallery of Art, Fair Use.
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Creator
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Mariette Pathy Allen (1940-)
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Date
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1980s, printed 1989
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Description
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In a 2005 interview, Felicity tells of her approaching centennial birthday and her history of crossdressing, asserting that she is not transgender and enjoys her life as a man. In this image, Felicity, an elderly crossdressing woman, sits beside a portrait of herself as a child with her mother. Her hair is grey and curled, and she wears glasses, as well as a red blazer and chunky necklace atop a magenta dress. The portrait beside her is in black and white with sepia tones, featuring a young child resting their head against a young woman's arm. This portrait depicts Felicity's first time crossdressing, when her mother dressed her up in a dress and her father took their portrait.
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Format
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Dye imbibition print. Image/sheet: 39.25 × 59.37 cm (15 7/16 × 23 3/8 in.) mount: 60.96 × 78.74 cm (24 × 31 in.)
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Publisher
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National Gallery of Art. 2015.19.4566.4
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Contributor
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Max Schrader
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Subject
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elderly; old; childhood; crossdress; crossdresser; crossdressing; mother
Felicity, Then and Now