That which is the immodesty of other women has been my virtue — my willingness that the world should gaze upon my figure unadorned, audrey munson, the favorite nude model of the beaux arts. Description audrey munson posing naked by stream No matter what manhattan neighborhood you’re in, there’s probably a sculpture of audrey munson nearby. With titles like inspiration (1915), purity (1916), and the girl o’ dreams (1918), they highlighted munson’s essential role as an active—rather than passive—muse These films, with their smattering of nude scenes, were also controversial, and many theaters banned them.
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