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, November 1942
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: illustration board; watercolor
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (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: 1980.0555
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The patriotic and bawdy verse that accompanies this watercolor is typical of Phil Stack’s contributions to the published gatefolds. Perhaps reflecting what would become a real anxiety among professional men after the war, the verse suggests the unsentimental stateside woman who, in peacetime, may not relinquish the autonomy she gains in holding down the homefront: Beauts and Saddles Here’s a pretty Prairie Blossum And she isn’t playing possum But you’ll find her in there “punchin’” in a jam, For her cowboy, tall and lanky, Is a patriotic Yankee And he’s roundin’ up some rogues for Uncle Sam; So this little cactus cutie Will be proud to do her duty And she’ll wear his pants until he wins the war… Then with hearts in sweet communion They will stage a western union And I bet she wears the pants forever more!