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Sexy Evening in Bed Phone Call - Playboy Cartoon - Francis Wilford Smith

Creator: Francis Wilford-Smith - Playboy Magazine
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Cartoon art is the original Conceptual Art.
Renowned British Illustrator Smilby (Francis Wilford Smith) conceptualizes a Playboy cartoon where the punchline needs no words. The caption ""Bancroft? George Bancroft? - - never heard of him -- you've got the wrong number." is unnecessary to get the joke and is superfluous. Smilby depicts an annoyed older man in bed with a beautiful, much younger woman. He is interrupted by a nocturnal phone call asking for a "George Bancroft". The older man is unaware that the "George Bancroft" is hiding under the bed. Everyone is in on the joke except the older man.
Signed Smilby lower right - Hi- end Framed Dimensions 17 X 13.5 Inches under Tru Vue Museum Glass.
Provenance: Collection of Craig MacMillan
Collection of Louis K. Meisel.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	England
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Watercolor, Ink on Illustraton Board
Condition:	Good. Excellent
Creation Date:	1975
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Contemporary, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	815595

Dimensions

W.	9.5 in;	H.	13 in;
W.	24.13 cm;	H.	33.02 cm;

Message from Seller:

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