Sexy Nude Woman Masturbating - From the Female Gaze, 1976 , Elizabeth Bennett

n 1976, Playboy Magazine hired a woman illustrator to artfully depict a young, attractive female masturbating. This could be a first: a major newsstand magazine and a magazine mostly for men's interests chose to get the female gaze to capture a moment of personal female erotica.
Work is unsigned.
In the original metal frame
The artwork appeared on page 173 of the January 1976 issue of Playboy Magazine, illustrating the article "Woman!" with the caption "Elizabeth Bennett creates a world suffused with sensuous beauty."
Framed: 28.75 x 40.25 inches under glass
Pastel on Paper
28.75 - 40 .25
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Elizabeth Bennett, American 20th Century