untitled (back cover), Alberto Vargas

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Alberto Vargas, untitled (back cover)
Alberto Vargas, untitled (back cover)
Alberto Vargas
untitled (back cover)
circa 1944
Alberto Vargas, artist
1896–1982
untitled (back cover), circa 1944
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, Military edition, March 1944
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; airbrushing
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 50.6 x 76.2 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 19 15/16 x 30 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0656
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups," Sep-2001, Stephen Goddard, Maria Buszek The special military issues of Esquire, which included no advertising, boasted a Varga Girl on the back cover as well as a gatefold. In this case the text accompanying the back cover image anounces “She’s all yours, Boys!” playing on the fact she appeared only in the military issue.