Glamour International's Leone Frollo collections
   Leone Frollo Glamour Book - Unpublished Colour Works
   Malicieusement Femme [Maliciously Woman]
                                             (1993/1987 - Glamour International)

Leone Frollo Glamour Book - Unpublished Colour Works (1993) Not appropriate for children & adolescents. Large square book, about 12-by-12-inches - 100 pages is just about right for that size. 84 of those pages are given to large, full-page reproductions of his works (in several mediums). None are captioned as they seem more casual, created for collectors or the artist's personal pleasure, rather than intended illustrations. There are only bits of text, in 3 languages (English, French & Italian) providing short commentary at the beginning of each of the seven chapters that the art is gathered into: Pin-Ups, Pin-Ups In Action, Mona Street, Girl Friends, Bondage Girls, Strange Parties, A Tribute To - (this last being a number of works in the fashion of some of his favorite artists). The displayed women are all on a gradient between barely dressed to nude. A majority of the depictions are of adult themes, so the book should definitely be put away if children are about.

Malicieusement Femme [Maliciously Woman] (1987) Not appropriate for children or adolescents. This slim 10-by-10-inch volume is 64 pages, with 39 of them for superiorly presented single pieces and another 10 with multiple images. There is one double-page spread with the drawing bridging the gutter very nicely. What sets this book apart from most others is the aspect that all of the pages are backgrounded as gold, cream or black. The non-art pages are an introduction (in Italian & French as well as English) and a seven-page adult MONA STREET comic story reprinted in its entirety. The art pieces range from the finished & inked drawings to very loose sketches, with most falling in the relaxed & gentle middle ground. Note that the works are not titled nor captioned, the suggestion being that most were created for just the artist's pleasure. From their dress, the women captured here seem to all be period Parisiennes (well, those that are somewhat dressed . . .), most caught in attitudes or activities not meant for polite company, much less children. Frollo's later book, his GLAMOUR BOOK, is a significantly better presentation of his art, but no images from it are found here, so you'll want both, if you admire his work.