Time magazine coverage of The Family of Man
Citation
[Author unknown.] [Coverage of The Family of Man — article title and content not confirmed.] Time [likely January–February 1955 issue; exact date, volume, issue, page NOT confirmed].
Tier justification
Tier 3: Time was the largest-circulation US weekly newsmagazine of the period. This entry is a pointer flagged verified: false because no article title, author, or content from any Time issue has been confirmed as containing Family of Man coverage. The archive.org metadata for two January/February 1955 issues was confirmed by direct fetch this session; interior content was not accessible.
Relevance
Time magazine was a primary vehicle for reaching a mass national audience with cultural news in 1955. Its regular ‘Art’ section (within the magazine’s thematic sections) would have been the expected venue for any coverage of the MoMA opening. However, no secondary source examined in this session confirms the existence of a Time review or feature on The Family of Man. This entry is a placeholder to guide a future archival pass.
Key excerpts / pages
- No text from any Time article about the Family of Man was obtained this session. This entry is a pointer only.
- Archive.org items confirmed 2026-04-30:
sim_time_1955-01-31_65_5(Vol. 65, Issue 5, January 31, 1955, 93 pages);sim_time_1955-02-07_65_6(Vol. 65, Issue 6, February 7, 1955, 93 pages). Both access-restricted (print disabled), publisher Time Incorporated, ISSN 0040-781X. OCR text was NOT accessible via thearchive.org/stream/path for either item.
Notes
- Flagged
verified: false. This is a pointer/placeholder entry. No Time review of 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 Time review in its reference list. Time’s arts coverage in this period was typically unsigned; reviews appeared under section headers like ‘Art’ rather than with individual bylines.
- To verify: access Time issues from late January and February 1955 via Time’s online archive (time.com/vault), ProQuest, or library microfilm. Search the ‘Art’ section for coverage of the MoMA Family of Man exhibition. Candidate issues: Vol. 65, Issues 5 (Jan 31), 6 (Feb 7), 7 (Feb 14), 8 (Feb 21), 1955.
- If no Time coverage is found, this entry should be deleted rather than maintained as a permanent placeholder.