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African American Illustrator - Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem

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

Description
E. Simms Campbel was the first major African 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.
This work, "What do you mean your wife doesn't understand you ---- I'm your wife!" is from Cuties Daily Comic Strip, June 18, 1950
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.
"My pleasure, boys. Always glad to see a delegation from the States." From the Playboy Collection
Signed upper left.
The art board has an overall size of 16.75 x 12.5
Work is smartly framed to 25 x 20

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Watercolor and pencil on board
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1962
Styles / Movements:	Post Impressionism, African American, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	582016

Dimensions

W.	13.5 in;	H.	10.25 in;
W.	34.29 cm;	H.	26.04 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.