LEYROY NEIMAN (1921-2012).
Artwork of a playboy bunny by Leyroy Neiman, signed. When Hefner had the idea to start his men's 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 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 Femlins; she was usually on the jokes page behind the centrefold. Amazingly, Neiman contributed two Femlins drawings for every monthly issue, for 50 years. Size: 11.75x8.25 inches. Mounted and framed and supplied with coa.
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Artwork of a playboy bunny by Leyroy Neiman, signed. When Hefner had the idea to start his men's 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 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 Femlins; she was usually on the jokes page behind the centrefold. Amazingly, Neiman contributed two Femlins drawings for every monthly issue, for 50 years. Size: 11.75x8.25 inches. Mounted and framed and supplied with coa.
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