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Pauline Boty

1938–1966 · British · Pop Art
The only woman
Pauline Boty

Boty was the only acknowledged woman in British Pop, and she painted desire from the other side of the camera, with a frankness the men around her never risked. Dead at twenty-eight and forgotten for thirty years, she is the proof of how narrow the movement let itself look.

in copyright, shown small under fair use
Featured works
It’s a Man’s World
It’s a Man’s World
1964
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