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Agnes Goodsir

Girl with Cigarette (Rachel Dunn)

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Agnes Goodsir

Girl with Cigarette (Rachel Dunn), 1925

Oil on canvas

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Australia

Cigarette in hand, gaze unshaken, Rachel Dunn poses ro her life-long partner Agnes Goodsir. Painted around 1925, the portrait carries the kind of intimacy that didn’t need to announce itself. A card for lasting bonds, shared language, and the clarity of being known.

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