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...sculpture, warmth is less easily achieved. The Greeks did it consistently, but few moderns care to try. Among the few is Burr Miller, whose marble Genetrix stood out at the Whitney like a breathing woman in a waxworks. Robert Cronbach's bas-relief Woman Drinking was contrastingly weightless; by hollowing out his fat, unhappy figure he had transformed her into an alcoholic cloud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Signs of Spring | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

...Venus Genetrix immigrant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Jul. 16, 1923 | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

Italy has lost one of her first works of sculpture. The statue of Venus Genetrix by Phidias, discovered near Naples ten years ago, was sold and " emigrated" to America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: And Italy | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

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