"Katharine Hepburn & George Francis Hicks (2)" Lot no. 2388
By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)
Jan. 27, 1946 (Estimated)
9.00" x 7.00"
Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signed Center Right and Lower Right
SOLD
Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Katharine Hepburn & U.S. Steel commercial spokesman George Francis Hicks for `U.S. Steel Hour: The Theatre Guild on the Air` radio studio audience program, most likely to promote Hepburn`s starring role in the radio adaptation of Louisa May Alcott`s `Little Women` (as Jo, recreating her role in the 1933 film) heard live over ABC Radio on Jan 27, 1946. GW did a series of portraits for the Theatre Guild radio studio audience program guides. On 15" x 11" illustration board. Includes copy of the program page, photostats. 7" x 9" image. Minor soiling, editors notations.
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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.