untitled (February calendar), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (February calendar)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (February calendar)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (February calendar)
circa 1941
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (February calendar), circa 1941
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, January 1941
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; illustration board
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 99.3 x 66 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 39 1/8 x 26 0.9843 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 40 x 30 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0537
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek It is possible that Vargas hoped to evoke the popular Norwegian skating figure Sonja Henie in this calendar piece. Henie won the gold medal for figure skating at the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Winter Olympics. She also starred in several films in the 1930s and 40s.