The First Playboy Vargas was in September 1960

As of now you can identify the images that Vargas did for Playboy Magazine. A complete and total accounting of the vargas images produced during his time with Playboy. Click on any magazine issue link below for a "pop-up" image view. ( Playboy Price Guide )

March 1957 Pictorial
March 1957

THE 60's
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

THE 70's
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Jan 1977 Feb 1978

THE 80's
November 1986   January 1987

PLAYBOY VARGAS 2-PAGE FOLDOUT IMAGE:
January 1965  January 1966  January 1967  January 1968  January 1969
January 1970  January 1971  January 1972
November 1986  January 1987  January 1989  


THE BEST OF PLAYBOY
Issue # 1 (1964) Page 51 & 157
Issue # 2 (1968) Page 84
Issue # 3 (1969) Page 35
Issue # 4 (1970) Page 94 & 112
Issue # 5 (1971) Page 87-100
Issue # 6 (1972) Page 72
Issue # 7 (1973) Page 120
Issue # 8 (1975) Page 104


Vargas Retrospect's  
These issues contained articles and retrospectives of Vargas and his art.
March 1957 / Jan 1968 / Jan 1970 / Dec 1978 / Jan 1979 / Jan 1989


Vargas Playboy Posters and Poster Portfolio's

"He Loves Me"
Mirage Edition 1988-89
29 1/4 X 21 1/2

The late Alberto Vargas originally painted "He Loves Me", pictured here, back in the Thirties. And Playboy later reproduced it in January 1968 as part of "The Vargas Girl" homage to "four decades of beauty by Playboy's nonpareil portrayer of voluptuous feminine pulchritude. Playboy and Mirage Editions offered this print of "He Loves Me" in a limited issue printed in a 12-color lithographic process on 100 percent archival paper. Each measures 29¼" x 21½", and no more prints were produced after after September 30, 1989. (Lithographic Print) "Out-of-Print" No Longer Available"

"He Loves Me"

Below is the Magazine Ad for this print

The Pin-Up Gallery has one or two
 of these New Prints still available,

 


 

May 1968
Mirage Edition 1988
 

 
Below is the 1988 Magazine Ad for this print
 


VIVA VARGAS!

  It's been six years the legendary artist died, but many original paintings of the vouptuous ladies he created for Playboy are still in our archives. And now, for the first time, we're making prints of the best of these beautiful paintings available in a limited issue through Mirage Editions, Inc., 1658 Tenth Street, Department 711, Santa Monica, California 90404. Each will measure 21½" X 29¼" and will be produced in a nine-color lithographic process on 100 precent archival paper. The Price for the first image, May 1968, pictured here, is $75, postpaid. No prints will be produced after February 28.
     "Out-of-Print" No Longer Available" 

 


 

The Playboy Vargas Poster Portfolio Set

The following poster portfolio of six 20x30 were issued by Playboy.