untitled (gatefold), Alberto Vargas

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1896–1982
untitled (gatefold), circa 1945
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, April 1945, page 47
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; airbrushing
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 55.6 x 75.9 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 21 7/8 x 29 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0624
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek This WAVE studies a semaphore primer. The book appears to be open to a key to the alphabet in semaphore, a means of communicating with two flags.