LeRoy Neiman - Femlin Ink 2 Drawing On Paper, Measures 33cm x 21cm. Done in the Style of LeRoy Neiman, American Artist (born LeRoy Leslie Runquist, June 8, 1921 - June 20, 2012)This drawing (like the others of LeRoy Neiman) was in our warehouses without knowing that it existed for more than 5 years, now we have it up for auction good luck and may the best win! Neiman was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screenprints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events.LEROY NEIMANS FEMLINThe Femlins are not only original drawings by Neiman, they are a great example of 20th-century Americana; they symbolize the Playboy aesthetic of the 1960s and 70s and are icons of popular culture. In the early 1950s, just before Playboy magazine was conceived, LeRoy Neiman and Hugh Hefner worked together at the Chicago department store Carson Pirie Scott. When Hefner had the idea to start his mens magazine, he asked Neiman to do the original artwork, and the Femlin was born! Neiman envisioned her as being 12 tall, so in most of the illustrations shes in that scale. Shes depicted as being mischievous, and as her name suggests, shes a female gremlin. Starting in 1957, every issue of Playboy had two black and white Femlins; she was usually on the jokes page behind the centerfold. Amazingly, Neiman contributed two Femlins drawings for every monthly issue, for 50 years.The illustrations were created as camera-ready line-art, to be photographed and then reduced for inclusion in Playboy Magazine.These are fascinating, unique pieces of 20th-century art and culture and are available only through our galleries because of the 40-year long friendship between Franklin Bowles and LeRoy Neiman.It Doesnt Has Any Documentation Or Certification. Please See Photos, Ask All Your Doubt Before Bid.

Good - Pre Owner