untitled (gatefold), Alberto Vargas

Artwork Overview

1896–1982
untitled (gatefold), circa 1943
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, July 1943
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; airbrushing
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 58 x 76.2 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 22 13/16 x 30 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0573
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The verse associated with this gatefold discusses a wedding and the immediate separation that often followed in wartime. The verse goes on to celebrate this wedding as a “gift to all the future years.” However sentimental it may seem, this image can still inspire powerful emotions in couples who endured the separation caused by World War II.