Long after she and everyone else of her generation will become dust, Audrey Munson will live in the bronzes and art canvases of the art centers of the world. — New Oxford Item, 1915 (image via Wikimedia) High above the Hotel Astor Ballroom, three gilded Graces observe dancers below. Each Grace, adorned in stone laurels and draped in gold flake robes, is styled in the shape of Audrey Munson, an artist's model of the early 20th century. She posed for more than 21 statues scattered across New York City. And as "America's First Supermodel," she became the first U.S. actress to appear nude on film, in several scandalous pictures of the silent era. During the 1915 world's fair in San Francisco, her body was memorialized in the event's major sculptures and statues — reporters called her "The Panama-Pacific Girl" for her prominent placement in the Panama-Pacific Exposition art exhibition.
A Woman to Know: Audrey Munson
A Woman to Know: Audrey Munson
A Woman to Know: Audrey Munson
Long after she and everyone else of her generation will become dust, Audrey Munson will live in the bronzes and art canvases of the art centers of the world. — New Oxford Item, 1915 (image via Wikimedia) High above the Hotel Astor Ballroom, three gilded Graces observe dancers below. Each Grace, adorned in stone laurels and draped in gold flake robes, is styled in the shape of Audrey Munson, an artist's model of the early 20th century. She posed for more than 21 statues scattered across New York City. And as "America's First Supermodel," she became the first U.S. actress to appear nude on film, in several scandalous pictures of the silent era. During the 1915 world's fair in San Francisco, her body was memorialized in the event's major sculptures and statues — reporters called her "The Panama-Pacific Girl" for her prominent placement in the Panama-Pacific Exposition art exhibition.