untitled (January calendar), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (January calendar)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (January calendar)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (January calendar)
circa 1941
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 1/2 x 26 0.9843 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.