untitled (February calendar), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (February calendar)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (February calendar)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (February calendar)
circa 1944
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (February calendar), circa 1944
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, January 1944
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; airbrushing
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 76 x 55.7 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 29 15/16 x 21 15/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0592
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The verse composed to accompany this calendar image speaks directly to the Varga girl’s male military audience, as well as to the sexual bravado that many young homefront women felt increasingly comfortable expressing in their new roles as independent working women. I’m learning some commando tricks For keeping fit, they’re dandy And when you men come home again They’re apt to come in handy!