untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas

1896–1982

untitled (gatefold), circa 1942

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: illustration board; watercolor

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 75.4 x 50.8 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 29 11/16 x 20 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0552

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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book

“I was not allowed to do any work other than shell peas and sort corn kernels from the newly harvested corn because I was a city girl and the other types of work were considered too strenuous for me.” (p. 29)

This Land

The verse accompanying this gatefold as published in Esquire evokes the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Infantry and the hopes of recapturing the Philippine island of Corregidor. The image was also used to promote the sale of Varga Playing Cards as gifts for soldiers.

This Land

Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The verse accompanying this gatefold as published in Esquire evokes the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Infantry and the hopes of recapturing the Philippine island of Corregidor. The image was also used to promote the sale of Varga Playing Cards as gifts for soldiers.