Femlin: Happy New Year 1992 19x14

Year1992

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassBlack Frame 

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Story / Additional InfoThe Femlings are not only original drawings by Neiman, but they are also a great example of 20th-century Americana; they symbolize the Playboy aesthetic of the 1960s and 70s and are icons of popular culture.
When Hefner had the idea to start his men's magazine, he asked Neiman to do the original artwork, and the "Femling" was born! Neiman envisioned her as being 12" tall, so in most of the illustrations, she's in that scale. She's depicted as being mischievous, and as her name suggests, she's a female gremlin. Starting in 1957, every issue of Playboy had two black and white Femlings; she was usually on the jokes page behind the centerfold. Amazingly, Neiman contributed two Femlings drawings for every monthly issue, for 50 years. The illustrations were created as a "camera-ready" line-art, to be photographed and then reduced for inclusion in Playboy Magazine 

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LeRoy Neiman - United States

Art Brokerage: Park West Artist: LeRoy Neiman American Artist: b. 1921-2012. For the last 50 years, LeRoy Neiman has been the world's most recognized popular artist. He created a vibrant energetic style that set his art apart from all others. His works encompass sports, entertainment, travel, and adventure. His was a life well lived, and he made us a part of his extraordinary journey, seeing and doing things we could only dream of. Bringing these images to life, sports, golf, hockey, basketball, baseball, skiing, sailing, racing, famous locations, New York, Europe, safari animals, cafes, landscapes, horses, stock markets, portraits, famous celebrities, athletes, LeRoy has enriched the art world, and brought joy and excitement to millions of collectors worldwide. His vision has captured moments in time that can never be forgotten. The art of Leroy Neiman is unique without any real comparison. He has broken the barriers of many of the most hallowed assumptions of modern art history and contemporary criticism and his art is loved by millions of people throughout America and around the world. Sadly Leroy Neiman passed away on June 20th 2012. Leroy Neiman was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, De Paul University, and the University of Illinois. Neiman taught at the Art Institute of Chicago's school for ten years. Neiman moved to New York City in 1963 when he had his first one-man show at the Hammer Gallery. For the next 49 years Neiman continued to portray the people and events of the world he knew best, or which intrigued him most. His best-known works are sports scenes, a reflection, he believed, of the fact that sports are universally a dominant force. LeRoy Neiman was the official artist for ABC-TV at the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976, and at the Winter Olympics of 1980. Neiman's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Hermitage in Leningrad. Before his recent passing he endowed Columbia University with a school for fine art print making. We have buyers for original paintings and watercolors. Listings wanted.