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 1944
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (April calendar), circa 1944
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, January 1944
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: airbrushing; watercolor
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 55.9 x 66.1 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 22 1/2 x 26 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0605
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The woman keeping fit here belongs to the Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). Eighty-six thousand women volunteered for the Waves during the war, freeing up as many Navy men to perform combat duty. The Waves were especially important in communications, air traffic control, naval air navigation, and clerical positions.