Saturday Review coverage of The Family of Man
Citation
[Author unknown.] [Coverage of The Family of Man — article title and content not confirmed.] Saturday Review [likely January–March 1955; exact date, volume, issue, page NOT confirmed].
Tier justification
Tier 3: Saturday Review was a major US literary-cultural weekly of the period, covering the arts, literature, and music. It falls within the Tier 3 definition as an established periodical with editorial standards. This entry is a pointer flagged verified: false because no article title, author, or content from any Saturday Review issue has been confirmed as containing Family of Man coverage.
Relevance
Saturday Review in the 1950s published regular photography and visual art criticism alongside its literary coverage. A review in Saturday Review would document the exhibition’s reception by a literate, nationally distributed arts audience distinct from the New York art press and the photography trade press. This entry is a placeholder to guide a future archival pass.
Key excerpts / pages
- No text from any Saturday Review article about the Family of Man was obtained this session. This entry is a pointer only.
- Archive.org items confirmed 2026-04-30:
sim_saturday-review_1955-01-22_38_4(Vol. 38, Issue 4, January 22, 1955, 60 pages);sim_saturday-review_1955-02-05_38_6(Vol. 38, Issue 6, February 5, 1955, 44 pages);sim_saturday-review_1955-03-05_38_10(Vol. 38, Issue 10, March 5, 1955, 52 pages). All access-restricted (print disabled), publisher Omni Publications International, ISSN 0036-4983. OCR text was NOT accessible viaarchive.org/stream/for these items.
Notes
- Flagged
verified: false. This is a pointer/placeholder entry. No Saturday Review article about The Family of Man has been confirmed in any source consulted this session. - The Wikipedia article on The Family of Man (fetched 2026-04-30) does not cite a Saturday Review review in its reference list.
- Candidate authors for a Saturday Review review include Henry Hewes (drama critic) or Aaron Sussman (photography book author). Neither was confirmed as writing about the Family of Man in any source fetched this session.
- To verify: access Saturday Review issues from January–April 1955 via ProQuest, JSTOR, or library microfilm. Search the fine arts / photography section for coverage of the MoMA exhibition. If found, document the article title, author (if named), page, and verbatim quote.