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Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups

Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups

Maria Buszek, curator
Stephen Goddard, curator

Kress Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Eighty-four of the original watercolor and airbrush paintings by Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) that appeared as pinups in Esquire magazine during the 1940s (from the Esquire Collection of the Spencer Museum). The proposed catalogue will address the material from a variety of (some opposing) points of view: fashion and design; World War II material culture (the Varga Girls were painted onto bomber nose cones); second-wave feminism; third-wave feminist re-appraisal; the reception of the Peruvian-born artist in the U.S.; and the artist's significance in post-war popular culture.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), First Love (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (January calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (February calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (March calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (May calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (July calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (September calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (October calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (January calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (February calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (March calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (April calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (June calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (November calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (movie promotion)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (February calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (March calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (April calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (June calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (June calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (July calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (August calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (War Bonds promotion)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (November calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (December calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (January calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (February calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (back cover)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (April calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (back cover)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (July calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (December calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (playing card)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (playing card)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (January calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (back cover)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (April calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold September)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold August)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (November calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (December calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (March calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (June calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (September calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (October calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (November calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (September calendar)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (calendar girl)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (playing card)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (playing card)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (War Bonds promotion)

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold)

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October 6, 2001

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