Well, she doesn't really re-appear, but both the New York Times and Gothamist featured Munson in stories this week. What prompted those stories is that Andrea Geyer, a German artist living in New York, has published Queen of the Artist's Studio, a book about Munson and is trying to raise money to purchase a gravestone for her.
Although I have been taking photos of the many monuments for which Munson modeled, I obviously haven't been very good at posting them here. Maybe this new interest will encourage me.
Thanks so much for creating this website where you have preserved beautiful photos of statues featuring the model, Audrey Munson. I was unaware of the fireman's memorial.
I am on my way to visit NYC for the first time in mid-to-late May, 2009. My Aunt told me to look for a statue of a distant ancestor of mine, Audrey Munson, at the library. I googled her name and was quite surprised to find that she was the model for many important works of art that I have admired over the years. I am an artist, so this will be very special for me to see the great works artists were able to produce due to her willingness to bare her natural body.
Posted by: Susan Brehme Park | April 30, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Great stuff. If you give me your email, I will send you some of my NYC walking tours and pix of statues in photo albums on Kodak Gallery.
Regards,
ron
Posted by: Ronald | December 15, 2007 at 11:51 PM