Researchers Identify Likely Model for Francis Picabia’s ‘Udnie’

July 27th, 2016

The Art Newspaper follows the story of Udnie, a long-unknown muse of Francis Picabia that scholars now believe was model and silent-film actress Audrey Munson.  Munson “posed for him for several days, but never in still position,” she is quoted.  “He had me walk about the studio in different lights, taking different postures. He wanted to paint me in action, he said, not in repose.”Read more at Art Newspaper