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Art - General & Miscellaneous, Models & Modeling, Popular Culture Art, Women & Art, Peoples & Nationalities in Art

Varga

by Tom Robotham
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Overview

The Varga Girls, created by Alberto Vargas for Esquire in the 1940s, are classic images of American pop culture. Almost immediately, these illustrations were caught in a maelstrom of controversy—culminating in a charge of obscenity leveled at Esquire by the Post Office! But to write the Varga Girls off as merely pinups is to miss the nuances that set them apart from that genre. This collection of Vargas's best (more than 90 in full color) showcases the special qualities of his work that captured the imagination of a nation.91/2" X 13". 128 pp.

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Book Details

Published
August 1, 1995
Publisher
Thunder Bay Pr
Pages
112
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780792455998

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