untitled (October calendar), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (October calendar)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (October calendar)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (October calendar)
circa 1941
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (October 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): 99.1 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: 1980.0544
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek
The verse accompanying this calendar evokes the hunt and may have been meant to coincide with the fall hunting season. The golddigging double entendre reminds us of the misogyny frequently on display at Esquire before the United States joined the war and national attitudes toward women shifted significantly.

October is a hunting month
A sport in which I thrive
I love to bag an old tycoon
And bring him back ALIVE!

Exhibitions

Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups
Maria Buszek, curator
Stephen Goddard, curator
2001