untitled (January calendar)

Alberto Vargas, artist

1896–1982

untitled (January calendar), circa 1942

Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, January 1942

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: watercolor; illustration board

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 75.9 x 55.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 29 7/8 x 21 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0557

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek
Vargas based this image on a photograph of actress Carole Lombard, as he also did for the July 1942 gatefold for, which is included in this exhibition. Unlike the July gatefold, however, this image must have been completed before Lombard died in a plane crash on January 16, 1942. The actress was returning from a bond-selling tour, and her last public words were delivered at a rally in Indianapolis: “Before I say good-bye to you all-come on-join me in a big cheer-V for Victory!” Soon Vargas would join the effort, designing images specifically to promote war bond sales.