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E SIMMS CAMPBELL Art 1943 Barbasol AD Sexy Girl Nellie
This is an original AD from a 1943 magazine, NOT a
reproduction. The AD is for BARBASOL. AD features artwork by E Simms Campbell, with signature. This would look
great matted and framed for display or would make a unique
gift.
E Simms Campbell
(1906 - 1971)
One of the first commercial black artists in US with a career that
stretched from the early 1930s to the late 1960s. A cartoonist for his
High School paper. Studied at Chicago Art Institute. Moved to New York,
selling cartoons to the humor mags (Life, Judge, College Humor). Fellow
artist, Russell Patterson, pointed out his own success with "good girl
art" and impressed Campbell to follow. Campbell created the "Harem
Girls," a hit from the very first issue of Esquire (1933). Campbell's
watercolors were a key reason for Esquire's success and he turned out
several paintings per issue, as well as ideas for other artists,
article writing, and covers. Ads for Springmaid, Hart Schaffner and
Marx, Barbasol. When Esquire abandoned illustration art, Campbell and
several others moved to Playboy and helped make yet another magazine a
success. Contributions to Cosmopolitan, New Yorker, Sunday Pictorial
Review, Opportunity Journal Of Negro Life, Ebony. Two collections of
WW2 cartoons: Cuties in Arms and More Cuties in Arms. He then had a
long run with King Features.
Source: LIFE Magazine
Measurements (In Inches): approx. 6 x 13
Condition: EXCELLENT
Money Order, Cash, Cashier's Check, Personal Check (subject to
10 days to clear).
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