Abstract
Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) was a Berlin-born artist and graphic
illustrator whose work helped define the city during the Weimar era. In
the 1920s, she designed film posters for UFA (Universum Film AG) and
published her work in fashion periodicals and popular satirical
magazines such as Simplicissimus,
Ulk and
Uhu. Her primary subject was women,
whom she depicted in a variety of contexts and styles. Her oeuvre
included portraits of stylish and socially assimilated
garçonnes and flappers, as well as
explicit illustrations of prostitutes and women in Berlin’s lesbian
bars. Her racier scenes appeared in The
Guide to “Naughty” Berlin [Führer
durch das “lasterhafte” Berlin] (1930) and in Magnus Hirschfeld’s
Moral History of the Post-War Period
[Sittengeschichte der Nachkriegszeit]
(1931). The fashion print below, after a drawing by Mammen, appeared in
Die Modenschau in 1923.