The White Slave (1913)

The White Slave (1913)
Artist: Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (1878–1942)
Country: USA

Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, was an American sculptor. Her most famous piece The White Slave caused controversy representing child prostitution.
The White Slave was exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show in New York, and which caused "a storm of violent controversy" because of its shocking combination of contemporary realism and the nude. The sculpture represented child prostitution, which at the time was euphemistically called white slavery.

She exhibited her two sculptures in the 1913 Armory Show including White Slave (1913;destroyed;posthumous bronze, private collection). The sculpture a censure of abduction of young woman for prostitution, represents a smoothly and simply formed young woman cowering her nudity, while the roughly modeled auctioneer solicits bids for her. It cause controversy when published on the cover of  " The Survey" magazine of May 3, 1913.