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, August 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
Not on display
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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.