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Auction History Result 5b090 ALBERTO VARGAS linen 14x19 Esquire magazine centerfold '40s sexy pin-up art, Red Means Go! Date Sold 3/7/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Esquire Magazine Centerfold (measures 14 1/4" x 18 1/2") (Learn More) Alberto Vargas was a Peruvian artist from the 1920s to the 1980s. In the 1940s, he created a sexy "centerfold" for each issue of Esquire Magazine (they would fold out, and Hugh Hefner borrowed the idea in the 1950s for his Playboy Magazine, except he used photos instead of artwork), and his pin-up art was frequently used as "nose art" for many military aircraft during World War II. Vargas is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists, and his paintings have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. He is often reputed to have worked as a poster artist on films such as Ziegfeld Follies, and The Sin of Nora Moran (which is frequently named as one of the greatest posters ever made). He passed away in 1982 at the age of 86. Artist: Alberto Vargas Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. The pages were removed from Esquire magazine. Each had printing on the back that very slightly shows through to the front in the light colored areas. There were many stains scattered down the left half of the pages and some around the edges, with creases in the left center of the poster, entering the girl's dress and the top of her leg. Overall, the centerfold was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was backed with amateur restoration to the stains, and it is lightly rippling in the bottom center, indicating it was not glued correctly in that area. Learn More about condition grades 
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