LeRoy Neiman: Femlin
by LeRoy Neiman, Hugh Hefner
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Author: Hugh Hefner, LeRoy NeimanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-28
ISBN: 1595821384
Number of pages: 186
Publisher: M Press
Book Reviews of LeRoy Neiman: Femlin
Book Review: Femlin, an American icon for 50 years.
Summary: 5 Stars
Femlin is a fun-loving pixie who first appeared in the pages of Playboy in 1957, and has been in every issue since then. In that time, she has come to represent the magazine perhaps as much as the famous "bunny" shape.
This book highlights various moments in her career, with some notes by the artist LeRoy Neiman, and an afterword by Hugh Hefner.
The book is primarily composed of hundreds of illustrations which have appeared in the magazine, divided into chapters each with a certain theme, for example, Art Lover (where she admires or sometimes mimics famous works of art), A Femlin Zodiac (in which she interacts with or even becomes the reprentation for a particular sign), Sports (Femlin demonstrates her own athletic abilities by playing with various pieces of sporting equipment), Cocktail Hour and At the Table (where she plays with food and eating utensils), etc.
Most of the illustrations are black and white, as they originally appeared. A few images do use color as accents, and one full page image shows Femlin herself in full color, the only image ever to do so.
Femlin is extemely expressive, which is all the more amazing because she is drawn with so few strokes, and so little detail. Her face, for example is delineated primarily her full eyelashes and her broad, full lips. Yet she can say SO much with just these things, conveying a full range of emotion.
Similarly, she isn't actually "anatomically correct", some details are not present, others simply suggested. Basically, she is composed of five black shapes, consisting of her hair, her two gloves, and her two stockings/shoes, plus her facial features, nipples, and in later years, her pubic triangle.
Even drawn so simply, she displays a distinctive personality, playful, inquisitive, sensitive, and affectionate, but never, ever, vulgar or obscene.
I found it interesting to see how she adapted to changes in fashion and culture through the past half-century, and a fun book to leaf through.
Readers who appreciate artistic nudity or examples of the idealized female form are likely to enjoy this book.
Printed on thick, glossy paper and bound in a high-quality hardcover, this book is a keeper.
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