untitled (gatefold), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (gatefold)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (gatefold)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (gatefold)
circa 1942
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (gatefold), circa 1942
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, March 1942
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: illustration board; watercolor
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 22 1/2 x 30 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0548
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek While this woman’s outfit has definite military associations, Vargas still presents her as a passive figure in a wartime dominated by a male military. It wouldn’t be until the 1943 calendar images were published in the magazine nine months later that Vargas would directly associate the Varga Girl with real enlisted women.