Frank Gallo (American, 1933-2016) original epoxy resin sculpture titled "Playmate," 1967, mounted to a wood base.

This sculpture appeared on pp. 148-149 of the January 1967 issue of Playboy magazine as part of the pictorial "The Playmate as Fine Art: Eleven contemporary artists interpret Playboy's provacative gatefold girl" with the caption, "More delicate is the shy, youthful Playmate figure below, a life-sized product of the sculptor's current concentration on the female form-"the only indestructible and inspiring resource of simple beauty left to me," Gallo says."

LITERATURE: Arthur Paul, Beyond Illustration: The Art of Playboy, (Chicago: Playboy Magazine, 1971), catalogue accompanying an exhibition that traveled in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan between 1971 and 1974. 

65 x 18 x 12 inches

PROVENANCE Property From the Playboy Archives