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In this late career drawing, Gibson depicts a new feminine ideal -- the slim flapper with bobbed hair. Four suitors of varied ages and demeanors focus upon the languid beauty who has given them tea, accepted their flowers, and returned their attentions with an impassive gaze and no encouragement. Still deploying his bravura pen-and-ink technique, Gibson imbues this 1920s scene of courtship with a dynamic that recalls his earlier classic work, in which the beautiful young woman has the upper hand. |