The legendary pin-up girls painted in the 1940s and 1950s by Alberto Vargas are fiercely fought over by collectors, with one Playboy pin-up bringing in an auction record of $71,700 at Christie's in 2003. The publishing rights to the artist's work have been tied up in litigation for the past ten years. Now, the family is finally able to release a generous new collection of Vargas paintings and drawings, many of which are little known or previously unpublished. The famous "Varga Girls" from Playboy are here, of course, but ...
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The legendary pin-up girls painted in the 1940s and 1950s by Alberto Vargas are fiercely fought over by collectors, with one Playboy pin-up bringing in an auction record of $71,700 at Christie's in 2003. The publishing rights to the artist's work have been tied up in litigation for the past ten years. Now, the family is finally able to release a generous new collection of Vargas paintings and drawings, many of which are little known or previously unpublished. The famous "Varga Girls" from Playboy are here, of course, but alongside these highly sought-after pictures are early unseen works from the 1920s, unpublished watercolours rendered for Esquire, the celebrated Legacy Nudes, and much more. The accompanying essay and captions are by Vargas biographer Reid Stewart Austin, whose knowledge of the artist's work is second to none.
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Add this copy of Alberto Vargas Works From the Max Vargas Collection to cart. $38.62, good condition, Sold by Vive Liber Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Somers, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Bulfinch.
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Good. Pages are clean with normal wear. May have limited markings & or highlighting within pages & or cover. May have some wear & creases on the cover. The spine may also have minor wear. May not include CD DVD access code or any other supplemental materials.
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Very Good. Size: 13x10x0; Very good book in good dust jacket. DJ has some noticeable rubbing to the top, but no tears. Pages are well bound. Text appears clean and unmarked. Pictures upon request.
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Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Pictorial boards. Pages and art are clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly sunned. Boards are clean and bright with light shelf wear to edges and light bumping to corners and ends of spine. Binding is tight, spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket has closed tear to top edge of front cover and light creasing to extremities. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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