untitled (January calendar)

Alberto Vargas, artist

1896–1982

untitled (January calendar), circa 1941

Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, January 1941

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: illustration board; watercolor

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 99.1 x 66 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 39 x 26 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 40 x 30 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0536

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek
Vargas’s depiction of the woman as baby, though ostensibly representing the new year on the January page of the first Varga Girl Calendar, may have its roots in his earlier work for the Ziegfeld Follies or in the films of Busby Berkeley. Each of these directors was known for staging spectacular shows featuring actresses in theatrical fantasy outfits and corresponding sets-one more outrageous than the next.