In 1948, Esquire published six panels entitled Basic Exercises by artist E. Simms Campbell. Purportedly demonstrating a series of skiing exercises, they present a blonde model wearing a violet leotard assuming a variety of extremely awkward poses, often with her legs spread, intended to give male readers some sort of forbidden voyeuristic pleasure. The joke, if there is one in these banal panels, is that these difficult exercises are being done not for her benefit but for ours.
Note: Attempted Bloggery continues its survey of the work of cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971), who specialized in drawing attractive women for supposedly discerning male readers. I seek high-resolution scans or photographs of original Campbell art or of obscure published cartoons and illustrations which demonstrate this artist's range.
In what issue of Esquire did this page appear? Ski instructors everywhere are waiting for the answer.
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| Basic Exercises E. Simms Campbell Esquire, 1948 |
Note: Attempted Bloggery continues its survey of the work of cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971), who specialized in drawing attractive women for supposedly discerning male readers. I seek high-resolution scans or photographs of original Campbell art or of obscure published cartoons and illustrations which demonstrate this artist's range.
In what issue of Esquire did this page appear? Ski instructors everywhere are waiting for the answer.
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