{"product_id":"alberto-vargas-works-from-the-max-vargas-collection-9780316077699","title":"ALBERTO VARGAS : Works from the Max Vargas Collection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALBERTO VARGAS : Works from the Max Vargas Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e by Reid Stewart Austin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780316077699.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePThe storied and turbulent career of glamour artist Alberto Vargas took him from Florenz Ziegfelds Follies in the 1920s to Hollywood in the 30s to IEsquire\/I magazine and the emergence of the \"Varga Girl\" in the 40s and, ultimately, to a lasting home at IPlayboy\/I in the 60s and 70s.pThis is the first book on the works of Vargas in more than a decade, drawn from the collection of his nephew, Max Vargas. It is also the first to include a generous selection of his vivid original drawings and his finest work for IPlayboy\/I magazine. Along with these highly sough-after pictures, the book features early unpublished works from the 1920s, unpublished sketches and watercolors rendered for IEsquire\/I, the celebrated Legacy Nudes, and more.pThe decade-by-decade narrative essay and captions are by BReid Stewart Austin\/B, who worked with Vargas as his IPlayboy\/Ieditor for nearly twenty years and who wrote the bestselling Vargas biography in 1978 with the artist.p\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bulfinch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44830165565493,"sku":"ByrdShop_0316077690","price":226.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0316077690_fe7752ac-2b98-47b9-bc12-2b8b33274543.jpg?v=1784173426","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/alberto-vargas-works-from-the-max-vargas-collection-9780316077699","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}