[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torch Singer] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torch Singer]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a singing blonde Varga Girl wearing a floor-length black dress leaned against a piano paired with the verse "Torch Singer" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "The Mission to Port Lyautey" by John Falter used especially for the February edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a military jeep carrying 3 soldiers into oncoming weapons fire and explosions. Two soldiers sit in the vehicle flying both the American and French flags while the third is hanging on the outside and waving a white flag.
Date: February 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
System: The UNT Digital Library