This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

All over New York City, there are semi-clothed or nude women,

and they are so baked into architecture that we don't even see them.

For example when you enter the New York Public Library on the left-hand side

there's a sculpture of a young woman leaning against a horse.

On 59th and 5th there's a statue of a woman holding a basket of fruit.

On 107th Street in Broadway, there's a woman reclining on a bed.

That's former New Yorker Avery Travelman.

At 100th and Riverside Drive, a stone woman sits in a chair with a child.

And on the very top of the New York Municipal Building,

there's a golden woman holding a crown.

And these women are actually the same woman.

Audrey Munson was the most famous artist model in the United States.

Over 30 statues at the Met are made in her likeness and she adorns dozens of memorials and

bridges and regal buildings all over New York City.

She basically was the equivalent of a supermodel at the time.

This is Andrea Geier, an artist herself and author of Queen of the Artist Studios,

the story of Audrey Munson.

Everybody knew who she was, her picture was in the papers,

and if one trusts legend, like every boy had a crush on her,

she was a very desired young woman.

In her lifetime, she would go on to decorate buildings and memorials all over the United States

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