| LC control no. | n 97868279 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Munson, Audrey |
| Variant(s) | American Venus (Artists' model) Miss Manhattan (Artists' model) |
| Other standard no. | 48529631 Q152776 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1891-06-08 |
| Death date | 1996-02-20 |
| Place of birth | Rochester (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | New York (State) |
| Field of activity | Figurative art |
| Affiliation | Art Workers' Club for Women (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Feminists Artists' models Models (Persons) Art model |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection. |
| Found in | *MGV Genthe, Arnold. The book of the dance. 1916. Index. Rozas, D. American Venus: the extraordinary life of Audrey Munson, model and muse, 1999 (surrogate) (Audrey Munson) New York times, 19 Dec. 2022: in an obituary in the Overlooked series on page B6 (Audrey Munson; born Audrey Marie Munson on June 8, 1891 in Rochester, N.Y., died Feb. 20, 1996 at an upstate New York asylum, aged 104; called 'the American Venus,' she was a model immortalized by sculptors, her image visible in monuments across New York City; in 1917, when she was in her mid-20s, The [New York] Sun proclaimed Munson "Miss Manhattan" after she modeled for Carl Augustus Heber's "Spirit of Commerce," which decorated one of two pylons supporting the Manhattan Bridge's arched gateway at Canal Street; Munson was the first American leading lady to appear nude in a mainstream movie (titled "Inspiration"), but she was also a protofeminist, joining Helen Sargent Hitchcock's Art Workers' Club for Women in demanding equality in the workplace) |
| Not found in | ISNI, 8 Jan. 2023 |
| Associated language | eng |
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