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LeRoy Neiman: Femlin 50th Anniversary Collection Hardcover – Import, 4 December 2007


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When LeRoy Neiman and Hugh Hefner met in the early 1950s, while Neiman was doing women’s high fashion drawings and Hefner was a copywriter in a Chicago department store, neither could have predicted that a twelve-inch woman called Femlin was waiting in the wings. But Femlin is mischievous. She’s spunky. And she knows how to strike while the iron is hot.

Fifty years later, Femlin is still going strong and sassy. Neiman has drawn her for every issue of Playboy for the last half-century, showing her at play, at sport, and at her ease. Wearing her trademark heels, stockings, and gloves — and not much else — Femlin has become a beloved icon of Playboy… and a celebrity in her own right.

M Press is honored to present 50 years of LeRoy Neiman’s Femlin drawings, some of which have never before seen in print. With text and images by Neiman, and an afterword by Playboy founder and publisher Hugh M. Hefner, the Femlin is shown in all her flattering historical light. As she says "It’s about time I got my own book!"
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ M Press (4 December 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1595821384
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1595821386
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kg 350 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23.88 x 2.29 x 31.24 cm
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Jessica H
5.0 out of 5 stars Well made, a great treasury.
Reviewed in Canada on 15 May 2013
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It was exactly what was described and what I expected. A wonderful collection of sketches presented it a quality way.
Ronald L. Russell
5.0 out of 5 stars Femlin, an American icon for 50 years.
Reviewed in the United States on 15 December 2007
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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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あみ
5.0 out of 5 stars 可愛くってエロティックで見応えたっぷり!
Reviewed in Japan on 26 June 2012
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プレイボーイ誌を買うと見かける彼女FEMLINの事が以前から可愛いなぁと気になっていました。
洋書だし、レビューはないしで「中身が文章ばっかりだったらどうしようかなぁ…」という点が英語の出来ない私には心配だったのですが、買ってみて大正解!中身はびっしりと彼女のキュートな姿で埋め尽くされておりました。ものすごい見応えがあります。
こんな少ない線でこの肌の質感!素敵です。素晴らしいです。これは買いです!きっと後悔はしません。
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Andrew Suazzo
5.0 out of 5 stars In perfect condition!
Reviewed in the United States on 28 May 2022
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Just got the book a few days ago and I can't believe how well preserved it is, even the dust jacket looks untouched, I enjoy playboy cartoon related stuff so when I saw this I knew I had to have it, completely worth the purchase.
Thom Cookson
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Camper
Reviewed in the United States on 5 April 2022
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Arrived earlier than expected and in good condition. Expensive book for a fraction of the cost.