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'''Description of Artwork:''' March 9 - In 1938, the U.S. Government banned Henry Millers novel [[''Tropic of Cancer'']], saying it dealt too explicitly with his sexual adventures and challenged models of sexual morality. To further drive the point home, the government went on to ban all of Millers works from entering the United States. In 1961, the ban was lifted, but his work continued to be labeled obscene by the Citizens for Decent Literature.  ''[[Tropic of Cancer]]'' (1934) along with the follow-up ''Tropic of Capricorn''(1939) are the most controversial of Henry Miller's works due to their sexually explicit content.  The books are an autobiographical account of a poor expatriate living in France during the early 1930s.  With no real narrative plot, the novels follow the everyday life of the narrator.  What make both works so controversial are the numerous sexual encounters that are depicted with shocking and unprecedented detail and frankness.