untitled (gatefold), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (gatefold)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (gatefold)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (gatefold)
circa 1943
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (gatefold), circa 1943
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, June 1943
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; airbrushing
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0579
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The verse “Something for the Boys” published with this gatefold suggests the role pinups sometimes enjoyed as gifts. The verse goes on to discuss the appearance of pinups in “barracks all over the map.”