Alberto Vargas: Works from the Max Vargas Collection

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This is the first book on the works of Vargas in more than a decade. It is also the first to include a generous selection of his vivid original drawings and his finest work for Playboy magazine. Along with these highly sought-after pictures, the book features early unpublished works, unpublished sketches, the celebrated Legacy Nudes, and more.

The decade-by-decade narrative essay and captions are by Reid Stewart Austin, an art director at Playboy for 20 years, and author of the bestselling Vargas biography written in 1978 in collaboration with the artist.

What Customers Say About Alberto Vargas: Works from the Max Vargas Collection:

The works that are represented are nice but far from definitive of his decades of art. When I buy a book of an artist work I'm buying it for his artwork not his biography. and so 3 stars If I had to do it all over again I'd buy the book but for 10 dollars cheaper, because I wanted art not text. Sure some background info is a good thing but I would have rather seen more of his work. If I want his biography I'll go buy it but I'm more interested in the pin-up art.

Great pictures from his best work.If you are a fan of Pin Ups, this is the Classic.Foreword by Hugh Heffner who published a lot of Vargas Work in his Magazin.Worth every penny.

Vargas inspired many people to do pin up art, his early work of the long torso's were great, I love his work

This collection lacks most of his previously published works; these being illustrations in the estate. The pictures are in chronological order, but few offer any biographical information other than the title. Perhaps my expectations were too high based on the many 5 star reviews. However, what I think the book needs the most is editing. On a practical note, the book is very large: 10.25"X13.25" which is over sized even for a collection of illustrations. The book is beautifully done and anyone who appreciates Vargas will be pleased with the presentation of his work. But, it seemed to me that it was a much abbreviated representation of his best work.

If I could I'd take them out and hang them in poster frames.I wish there were even more drawings to enjoy. The size of these illustrations were incredible, sorry to see a seam going down the middle. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and reading about Alberto Vargas, his work, his relationships with his publisher(s) and his wife. The man was an amazing talent.