Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog number |
62.40 |
Artist |
Marsh, Reginald |
Title |
Miss Modern Venus, 1939 |
Date |
1939 |
Object Name |
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Description |
Etching titled "Miss Modern Venus, 1939" by Reginald Marsh (1898-1954). The lighthearted print features a beauty contest that supposedly took place at Coney Island, Brooklyn's seaside amusement park. In the foreground the winner, adorned with her banner and holding a trophy, smiles brazenly at photographers as they take her picture. The emcee next to her makes the congratulatory introductions, while around them the beachfront audience gawks from distance. In "Miss Modern Venus," the figures are academically drawn to resemble those traditional, sharply gender-divided prototypes: youthful, muscular male bodies after Michelangelo, the voluptuous women Rubens. |
Medium/Material |
Ink on paper |
Dimensions |
H-7.1 W-11.75 inches |
Search Terms |
Modern 20th century AD North America United States Sexuality Figural Performance Social Realism American Regionalism Social scene Social problems |
Exhibition and Publication History |
* "Art from the Queens College Collection, Part I," Qns. Cty. Art and Cult. Ctr., NY 1973. *"Selections from Permanent Collection, American Painters of 20th Century", Klapper, 1999 * "Goddess, Worker, Mother, Symbol: Images of Women in World Art," G-TM, 1994, #53, p. 34, James Saslow, Curator * Exhibited"Director’s Choice: Highlights of the Godwin-Ternbach Collection, Part II: Renaissance to Modern Art. " G-TM, 10/10-12/20/02. A. Winter, Curator. *"Director's Choice, Part II," G-TM, Fall, 2002, Amy Winter |
Culture |
American |