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Alberto Vargas

Vargas marries the first Varga Girl! “I’ve been painting the ‘Vargas Girl’ since 1917 and I’m still married to my first model, so you see I’ve been quite busy!”

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Vargas marries the first Varga Girl! “I’ve been painting the ‘Vargas Girl’ since 1917 and I’m still married to my first model, so you see I’ve been quite busy!”

Creator of Playboy’s sensuous Varga Girls. ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, lined personal letterhead, April 29, 1974. Vargas recounts some career highlights to Lionel Aucoin, in part: “You have no idea how busy I am meeting deadlines of the World’s Greatest Publication ‘Playboy!’…I’ve been painting the ‘Varga Girl’ since 1917 and I’m still married to my first model, so you see I’ve been quite busy! Met her in 1919!” In very fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned color postcard depicting a Varga Girl in a second-skin swimsuit. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #297 - Ended May 18, 2005