[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sitting Pretty!]

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A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a laughing blonde Varga Girl wearing a red, white and blue one-piece swimsuit while surfing paired with the verse "Sitting Pretty!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Dempsey & Firpo by George Bellows from the Whitney Museum of American Arts' collection used especially for the August edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts the dramatic moment when Argentinian Luis Firpo knocked American Jack Dempsey out of the ring into the crowd during their 1923 match. Dempsey would go … continued below

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[1] p. : ill.; 45 x 34 cm.

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Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Bellows, George August 1944.

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A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a laughing blonde Varga Girl wearing a red, white and blue one-piece swimsuit while surfing paired with the verse "Sitting Pretty!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Dempsey & Firpo by George Bellows from the Whitney Museum of American Arts' collection used especially for the August edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts the dramatic moment when Argentinian Luis Firpo knocked American Jack Dempsey out of the ring into the crowd during their 1923 match. Dempsey would go to win the fight. Bellows gave himself a cameo as the balding man seen to the bottom left edge of the oil painting.

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[1] p. : ill.; 45 x 34 cm.

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The print used in this item is a reproduction of the 1924 oil painting "Dempsey and Firpo" sometimes referred to as Dempsey Through The Ropes. This painting is part of The Whitney's original collection and has been owned by the museum since 1931.

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  • Esquire [Magazine]

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  • Preferred Citation: Jack Evans and George E. Harris Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0788), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Bellows, George. [Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sitting Pretty!], clipping, August 1944; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730002/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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