Nude Girl Epiphany, Playboy Cartoon - Women's Liberation Moment
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Description
Richard Taylor is one of the great Cartoonists. He is celebrated for his dry sense of humor and skill in depicting people in subtle narratives. His instantly recognizable style is expressed with his wide-eyed and heavy, lidded-eyed subjects. The present work, " I think my analysis is beginning to work. I don't hate myself this morning," is a cartoon about and for women in a men's magazine. It is not a traditional run-of-the-mill male chauvinist fantasy cartoon. It makes a sexual and social statement that addresses the emerging Women's Liberation movement of the late 1960s, making it historically important. Then again, it is a cartoon in a sex magazine. The secondary joke/ punchline is the guy's reaction. While the girl has a liberating epiphany, joyfully thrusting both arms in the air - the guy, oblivious to her moment, is transfixed on her ample bust. An overlooked aspect of Taylor's work is that he is a hands-down brilliant technical artist. His skills in composition, design and rendering figures matches his concepts. After the joke's punch line delivers a brief chuckle, the joy continues by simply admiring the beauty of his drawing.
Signed upper left. R. Taylor. The work is elegantly framed under glass to a dimension of 21 x 17. Provenance: Playboy Archives -
More Information
Documentation: Signed Origin: United States, New York Period: 1950-1979 Materials: Pen, ink, watercolor and gouache on illustration board Condition: Excellent Creation Date: 1969 Styles / Movements: Conceptualism, Modernism, Illustration Incollect Reference #: 767547 -
Dimensions
W. 9 in; H. 11.75 in; W. 22.86 cm; H. 29.85 cm;
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