Podcast: 99% Invisible (Episode 200)
"Audrey Munson was once the most famous artist’s model in the United States. Over 30 statues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art were made in her likeness, and she adorns dozens of memorials and bridges and buildings all over the city. Although the body and face of Audrey Munson have been immortalized in iron and marble, her name is mostly forgotten. In the early 20th century, however, she was famous."
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More information:
American Venus is a book about Audrey Munson's life.
Article on The New York Times
Article on Keith York City
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