Flapper Philosophy: Modern Women in the Jazz Age

Flapper Philosophy: Modern Women in the Jazz Age is a companion exhibition to Jazz Age Illustration, featuring an array of materials from the Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives collections. This display celebrates the flapper’s place in 1920s culture and offers a deeper understanding of how the flapper became a defining icon, capturing the essence of an era marked by liberation, innovation, and cultural transformation. Flapper Philosophy: Modern Women in the Jazz Age is on view on DelArt’s second floor. View online version of the exhibition here.

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Unknown artist, Poster for His Jazz Bride, 1926. Printed matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

John Held, Jr. (1889-1958), Cover for Life, 1926. Printed matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

Sydney Leff (1901-2005), Cover of Who Wouldn’t (New York: Irving Berlin, Inc.,1926). Printed matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos (New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925). Printed matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

Blondes Prefer Gentlemen by Nora K. Strange (New York: J. S. Ogilvie, 1926). Printed Matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

Smoldering Flames by Clara Palmer Goetzinger (Chicago: The Zuriel Publishing Co., 1928). Printed Matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

The Flapper Wife by Beatrice Burton (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925). Printed matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

Unknown artist, Cover of Good Little Bad Little You (New York: Green & Stept, Inc., 1928). Printed matter. Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives

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