"Tennessee Ernie Ford in Dickensian-era Garb" Lot no. 2314
By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)
Dec. 21, 1958 (Estimated)
14.00" x 9.50"
Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil on Onionskin on Board
Signed Lower Left
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Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Tennessee Ernie Ford in Dickensian-era garb, caroling with guest Jon Provost (Timmy Martin on `Lassie`) and the charismatic collie herself to promote the upocoming Thursday, Dec 25, 1958 Christmas edition of Ernie`s NBC-TV variety series, `The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford`. Appeared as the Dec 21, 1958 cover for The New York Journal-American Pictorial Magazine and TView Section, on 22" x 15" illustration board with colored pencil on onionskin laid to acetate overlay. Copious notes in GW`s hand. 14" x 9 1/2" image. Minor soiling, wrinkling and edge tears to onionskin, tape stains.
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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.