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In Vargas's original “pin-up” painting, Naldi is depicted topless, but copies of the portrait that were published and widely distributed in the 1920s, such as in the art and entertainment magazine Shadowland, were “modified” by the addition of clothing to cover her partially visible left breast.
In May 1919, however, Ziegfeld hired artist Alberto Vargas as the official portraitist for the Follies; for the next twelve years, Vargas painted select Ziegfeld beauties in a variety of erotic poses. Nita sat for one of his first portraits, probably painted during late 1919–early 1920.
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Available for sale from Gallery Art, Alberto Vargas, NITA NALDI (1979), LITHOGRAPH ON RIVES, 29 × 21 in
- 1979
- Alberto Vargas
SFAE sold the original painting at one of the first exhibitions of Vargas' work. That sale achieved the highest price ever paid for an original Vargas painting, and it remains one of the most coveted and valuable paintings in the entire Vargas archive.
Mar 29, 2023 · In Vargas’s original “pin-up” painting, Naldi is depicted topless, although copies of the portrait that were published and widely distributed in the 1920s, such as in the art and entertainment magazine Shadowland, were “modified” by the addition of clothing to cover her partially visible left breast.
Sep 9, 2021 · Notable women painted by Vargas include Olive Thomas, Billie Burke, Nita Naldi, Marilyn Miller, Paulette Goddard, Bernadette Peters, Irish McCalla, Ruth Etting and Candy Moore from The Cars ' Candy-O album.
In Vargas's original “pin-up” painting, Naldi is depicted topless, although copies of the portrait that were published and widely distributed in the 1920s, such as in the art and entertainment magazine Shadowland, were “modified” by the addition of clothing to cover her partially visible left breast.
