The law of averages 2 : American Adonis

Author

Coffey, Mary

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Cabinet (Brooklyn, N.Y.). 2004, Num. 15, 70-71, 1 col. ill.

ISSN

1531-1430

Abstract (en)

Discusses New York Times critic Edward Alden Jewell's reaction to the racial degeneracy of Jane Davenport's American Adonis (ca.1932), a composite sculpture of 100,000 veterans. Discusses the exhibition of the sculpture at health and eugenics conferences.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- United States
• Davenport, Jane, b.1897
• Eugenics
• Men
• Americans
• Sculpture
• Reception
• Jewell, Edward Alden, 1888-1947
• United States
• Racism
• 1900-2000
• American Adonis
• Human figure

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- États-Unis
• Davenport, Jane, n.1897
• Eugénisme
• Hommes
• Américains
• Sculpture
• Réception
• Jewell, Edward Alden, 1888-1947
• Etats-Unis
• Racisme
• 1900-2000
• American Adonis
• Corps humain

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00025535

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