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Names:
Arens, Egmont, 1889-1966  Search this
Biddle, George, 1885-1973  Search this
Blum, Jerome, 1884-1956  Search this
Chapin, James, 1887-1975  Search this
Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this
Gropper, William, 1897-1977  Search this
Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952  Search this
Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this
Zorach, Marguerite, 1887-1968  Search this
Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this
Extent:
9 Volumes (ill. plates, ports, 30 cm.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Date:
1919-1924
Scope and Contents:
Complete bound run [v.1-9, 1919-1924]. Contains many original hand-pulled woodcuts and linocuts. Among the many contributing artists are George Biddle, Jerome Blum, James Chapin, Adolf Dehn, William Gropper, Alfred Maurer, Boardman Robinson, John Storrs, F. Vollaton, Max Weber, and Marguerite and William Zorach. Ezra Pound, Dorothy Parker, and Robert C. Benchley are among the many well known literary contributors.
Biographical / Historical:
Art periodical, New York, N.Y, devoted to the exposition of contemporary literary and artistic expression. Playboy ran from January 1919 to June 1924. Publication was suspended from July 1921 to February 1923. Nos. 4-5 issued in one number. Issue for 1st quarter 1923 called v. 2, no. 1 but would be no. 8 in whole numbering sequence.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York : Egmont Arens, 1919-1924.
General:
"A portfolio of art and satire."
Provenance:
One issue (v.2, no.1, 1923) donated 1981 by Irving Burton, an art collector and member of the Archives' Board of Trustees. A complete bound run donated by Mildred Baker, 1993. Baker, in addition to being an assistant to Holger Cahill, who served as director on the Federal Art Project and organizer of several art exhibitions in New York in the 1930s, also worked for the College Art Association and a gallery on 57th Street.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Artists  Search this
Topic:
Magazine illustration  Search this
Art publishing  Search this
Art -- Periodicals  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.playboy
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw980710134-cc4b-499d-9b31-5a1954deaa4f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-playboy