The artist who created her is Patrick Nagel, the arguable Vargas of the late 1970s and early 1980s (and perhaps into the early 90s). While he began in graphic design, Nagel ultimately became famous when his “The Nagel Woman” was published in Playboy in 1976. Over the next seven years, at least one Nagel drawing appeared in every issue of Playboy. Patrick Nagel Interview FULL ( Sept 1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsAbVq6ObBU