The 1950s sold a very specific picture of women: neat, smiling, agreeable. Retro Rebel 50s Girl borrows the look of that era and throws away the script. She didn’t wait for permission and she wasn’t planning to start.
Lazarus works with the visual vocabulary of mid-century advertising and pin-up illustration — the confident poses, the graphic clarity, the polished colour — and then lets attitude break through. The result is a portrait that feels both nostalgic and defiant: the kind of woman history tried to edit out and art keeps bringing back.
It pairs naturally with the rest of Lazarus’s retro series, especially Consume 50s Waitress, which turns the same decade’s imagery towards consumer culture. Hung together or alone, it suits vintage-styled interiors, record rooms, salons and any wall that could use a bit of rule-breaking.
The physical print. Limited edition of 100 copies, printed by Lazarus himself in his Madrid studio; every copy is signed, stamped and numbered on the back (e.g. 12/100). Paper options: 200 g/m² glossy photographic paper, or handmade rice paper sourced from Vietnam (approx. 220 g/m²). Sizes: A4, 21 × 29.7 cm, or A3, 29.7 × 42 cm. Sold without frame and shipped in rigid cardboard within 3 days.
Digital Download. A home-printing file, unsigned and not part of the edition.
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