The career of Audrey Munson, American model, is a classic tale of meteoric rise and tragic downfall. In her youth, Munson modelled for countless public and private works. She has adorned Jay P. Morgan's yacht, the Mercury Head Dime, the Walking Liberty Half-dollar, and art held at the Museum of Modern Art as well as in the estates of John D. Rockefeller and George Vanderbilt. At the peak of her career she was selected as the primary female model for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, ...
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The career of Audrey Munson, American model, is a classic tale of meteoric rise and tragic downfall. In her youth, Munson modelled for countless public and private works. She has adorned Jay P. Morgan's yacht, the Mercury Head Dime, the Walking Liberty Half-dollar, and art held at the Museum of Modern Art as well as in the estates of John D. Rockefeller and George Vanderbilt. At the peak of her career she was selected as the primary female model for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, eventually appearing in thousands of feet of mural decorations and scores of statues. Munson starred - mostly nude - in four controversial silent films based on her experiences as a model. After a media spectacle linking her with a murder case, her career faltered and, ultimately, at the age of 39, she was doomed to a life of reclusion in a psychiatric facility. She lived there largely unacknowledged by her family until the astonishing age of 105. This is her story.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1890449040. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book has moderate rubbing on the bottom edge, else excellent condition, jacket has some mild rubbing, else excellent condition and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, a clean, attractive copy, "Audrey Munson was once called 'The most perfect, most versatile, most famous of American models, whose face and figure have inspired thousands of modern masterpieces of sculpture and painting, " illustrated throughout with photos; 144 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to. Signed First Edition (1999. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to with 142 pages. Signed on the half title page, "To Lisa, Blessings and Love, Diane." The book and dust jacket are in very good condition very slight wear to book edges. Interior is clean and tight. Sunning to dust jacket spine. Profusely illustrated. Pictures available upon request. "Audrey's career is the classic tale of meteoric rise and tragic downfall--from "Queen of the Artists' Studios" to fragile psychiatric patient...she was called the "The most perfect, most versatile, most famous of American models, whose face and figure have inspired thousands of modern masterpieces." Blue spine/White text. #034083.
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1890449040. Scarce illustrated biography of the renowned model, fine in near fine dust jacket; small faint stain on jacket back near spine else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; stated first edition; photos on request.