"Mary Martin, Easter Artist"   Lot no. 2312

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By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)

March 29, 1959 (Estimated)
14.00" x 9.50"
Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil Onionskin Overlay on Boa
Signed Lower Right
SOLD



Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) Mary Martin, Easter Artist, for Sun March 29, 1959 New York Journal-American Pictorial Mag & TView Section. Artwork promoted Martin`s live colorcast of her NBC-TV Easter Special, `Music With Mary Martin`, 8-9 p.m. EST. Earlier the same day, MArtin also hosted a live color NBC Easter special for children, `Magic With MAry MArtin`, which aired 4-5 p.m. EST. On 22" x 15" illustration board with colored pencil onionskin overlay (missing lower left section). 14" x 9 1/2" image. Edge soiled, tears and losses to the overlay.



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ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

From the dawn of TV, from 1937 to 1967, George Wachsteter (1911 - 2004) was a prominent in-demand American illustrator and caricaturist. Next to Al Hirschfeld, Wachsteter was one of the most visible American theatrical caricaturists at the time. He produced theatrical, radio, television and film related images for the 3 major radio and television networks, NBC, CBS and ABC. Wachsteter's humorous and elegant line drawings were seen displayed in almost every American living room through the syndicated TV View guide, and prominently placed in most major newspapers, including the Times, Herald Tribune, New York Journal American, and New York World-Telegram. A gradual loss of his vision ended his career prematurely in the late 1960s.

 

 


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