Photographs and Paintings of Venus
George Hurrell included her photo in his last photo album of famous movie stars. and Pompeo Posar, photographed Venus for the July 1986 issue of Playboy Magazine.
Ken Marcus, a protégé of Ansel Adams, was Venus' sole photographer for over 10 years and published a book of black-and-white photos, titled Venus.
Artist Gary Dobry, a former apprentice to world renown artist Ed Paschke, exhibited a series of works inspired by Venus for a 2010 exhibition called Mentors (Life After Henry Miller and Ed Paschke) at the Zhou B Art Center/Art Matrix Gallery, Chicago. Selected works created by Dobry and Venus also exhibited at the "Inked: Tattoo Imagery in Contemporary Art" exhibition at the Jack Olson Gallery at Northern Illinois University (August 23 thru October 13, 2011) and Dobry's latest work with Venus exhibited at the Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago in 2012.
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