Framed and matted behind glass in a pristine state of original conservation. The relative modesty of this sensational and fresh to the market original pin-up painting gives it added appeal to collectors who wish to display a Playboy era Vargas in a home setting. Indeed, without featuring outright nudity this beauty manages to be as erotic as any of Vargas's work for the magazine. This work was chosen specifically by the foundation, which wanted an image that could be shown on TV.
This was generously gifted by Hugh Hefner and Playboy Magazine to an Easter Seals charity telethon auction in Chicago in the 1970s. A copy of the magazine is included in the sale.
The verso is ink-stamped and labeled by Playboy Magazine with the usage date of September 1961 and notes that this appeared on page 112.
In this flirtatious view, a pretty brunette in a diaphanous pink nightgown smiles to the viewer after applying red lipstick to her full lips. A dazzling and technically distinguished large masterpiece that was printed with a quip which brings us back to an era before the sexual revolution, "He told me we would do whatever I wanted to do until midnight, If I promise to do whatever he wanted to do the rest of the night."Īlberto Vargas' first work for Playboy Magazine appeared September of 1960, exactly one year before the publication of this artwork.
Full view of artwork on illustration board Framed and matted behind glass in handsome wood gallery frameĪ fresh and monumental pin-up painting by Alberto Vargas created for and published in the September 1961 issue of Playboy Magazine. Playboy launched in December 1953 with a celebrity on the cover and in the pagesMarilyn Monroe (who didnt actually pose for the mag)but the magazine really didnt trade in famous nudity for.