untitled (gatefold), Alberto Vargas

Artwork Overview

1896–1982
untitled (gatefold), circa 1944
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, December 1944, page 69
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; airbrushing
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 75.9 x 55.7 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 29 7/8 x 21 15/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0613
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The verse written for this December gatefold (note the mistletoe) refers to the war and to the homefront women to whom the soliders would be returning.