untitled (April calendar), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (April calendar)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (April calendar)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (April calendar)
circa 1943
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (April calendar), circa 1943
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, January 1943
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: airbrushing; watercolor
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 50.6 x 75.7 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 15/16 x 29 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0583
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek
The verse printed with this melancholy woman who reads a letter suggests that she is a war bride:

April is a thrilling month
to marry a lovesick lass
For Cupid puts his apron on
and starts to cook with gas!

Exhibitions

Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups
Maria Buszek, curator
Stephen Goddard, curator
2001