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Cave Man Creates First Calendar Satirical Men's Magazine Palaeolithic Pin-Up

Creator: Smilby Smilby
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
The cave paintings at Lascaux, adorned with primitive animals, inspire a caveman to invent the first calendar. The joke is that it's a Pin-Up calendar featuring a Palaeolithic Pin-Up Girl.
The animals depicted on the cave walls are believed to represent complex, spiritual, or magical rituals rather than simple, everyday hunting scenes. Scholars suggest they depict a shaman's visions, "hunting magic" to ensure survival, but cartoonist Smilby tosses all that out in favor of another basic instinct: sex.
Francis Wilford Smith (Smilby) Diners Club Magazine (Austrian Edition) October 1984 Single Panel Gag Cartoon Illustration Original Art (Diners Club, 1984). "I call it a calendar." Created in ink and watercolor on illustration board. Signed in the lower right of the 9.25" x 11.75" image area. The board is toned, with some foxing and staining in the margins. In Very Good condition.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	England
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	Ink, Watercolor on Illustration Board
Condition:	Good. Very good
Creation Date:	1984
Styles / Movements:	Conceptualism, Pop Art, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	849638

Dimensions

W.	9.25 in;	H.	11.75 in;
W.	23.5 cm;	H.	29.85 cm;

Message from Seller:

Robert Funk Fine Art in Miami offers an eclectic collection shaped by 45 years of experience, blending art with commercial perspectives. For inquiries or art advisory services, contact Robert Funk at decoypoet@yahoo.com or 305.857.0521.