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Santa Claus Sexy Playboy Cartoon First African American Illustrator, Elmer Simms

Creator: E. Simms Campbell - Playboy Magazine
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Santa has a quickie with Mom.
Elmer Simms Campbell was the first African American Illustrator to work for major newsstand magazines.
Published December, 1963
Signed in pencil lower right
The uploaded video on 1stDibs is coming up a bit off color. Refer to the still images for more accurate color
E. Simms Campbel was the first major Black American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire Magazine starting in the 1930s.
He created the famous bulging-eyed Esquire Mascot “Esky.”
He also worked for The Chicagoan, Cosmopolitan, Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy, Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, Pictorial Review, and Redbook.
He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 2002.
His work demonstrates a deep and masterfully understanding of drawing figures and faces in an academic but stylized style.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Watercolor, Pencil on heavy illustraton board
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1963
Styles / Movements:	Conceptualism, African American, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	766431

Dimensions

W.	10.5 in;	H.	13.5 in;
W.	26.67 cm;	H.	34.29 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.