Playboy: A Portfolio of Art and Satire. No. 2.
New York: Egmont Arens, 1919. Periodical. 9-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches. Published at 40 pp. This copy missing the cover and first two sheets. Pages begin at page [5] and end at page 36. Masthead is missing, but issue dated by position of art (for ex., Marguerite Zorach's painting is listed as appearing on page 5 of Vol. 1, No. 2). Playboy was an important little magazine that published many artists and writers of American Modernism. In this issue: photo of painting by Marguerite Zorach, well known for her linoleum cuts and paintings; photo of a woodcut by William Zorach, now best known as a sculptor; photo of an etching by John Sloan, well known as a painter of the "Ashcan School"; portrait of Ezra Pound by Australian artist Horace Brodsky, associate of the Vorticists in England; drawings by Walt Kuhn and William Gropper; photographs of artworks by Arnold Genthe, known for his work in San Francisco's Chinatown before the 1906 earthquake, and for his photos of the city immediately after the quake. All of these (except the Gropper) are full-page. Writing includes an article by Chicago journalist and playwright Ben Hecht; a poem by Max Weber (better known as an American Modernist painter); a poem by Alfred Kryemborg. Cover and first two sheets missing; remaining pages slightly age-toned with minor chipping at edges here and there, but at least Very Good. Item #59-3628
Price: $500.00