Flapper
An elegant beauty is shown smoking in this dramatic drawing by Russell Patterson dating from the 1920s, a time when a woman smoking was regarded as glamorous, yet risqué. The jagged lines of her hem and bent arm play off the exaggerated loops of smoke wafting across black space. A cartoonist, illustrator, and designer, Patterson won a following for his images of flappers and other stylish figures that appeared in such magazines as College Humor, Collier’s, Liberty, Cosmopolitan, and Life.
An elegant beauty is shown smoking in this dramatic drawing by Russell Patterson dating from the 1920s, a time when a woman smoking was regarded as glamorous, yet risqué. The jagged lines of her hem and bent arm play off the exaggerated loops of smoke wafting across black space. A cartoonist, illustrator, and designer, Patterson won a following for his images of flappers and other stylish figures that appeared in such magazines as <em>College Humor, Collier’s, Liberty, Cosmopolitan</em>, and <em>Life</em>.