untitled (June calendar), Alberto Vargas

Artwork Overview

1896–1982
untitled (June calendar), circa 1943
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: photomechanical reproduction; airbrushing; watercolor; board
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 48 x 75.3 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 18 7/8 x 29 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0572.b
Not on display

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Label texts

Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The costume of this calendar figure evokes the South Pacific and perhaps the allure of women overseas. Through such “exotic” South Pacific Varga Girls and its bawdy comics, Esquire often alluded to the beauty of the women U.S. soldiers encountered while stationed in the South Pacific.

Exhibitions

Maria Buszek, curator
Stephen Goddard, curator
2001