"Lowell Thomas & Morgan Beatty"   Lot no. 2448

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By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)

Aug. 6, 1950 an (Estimated)
10.00" x 8.00"
Ink on Board, Oil on Canvas, Pencil on Onionskin
Signed Lower Right on Onionskin
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PEN & iNK / OIL PORTRAITS - Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of CBS News Broadcaster/Journalist Lowell Thomas & NBC Radio Broadcaster/Journalist Morgan Beatty, including ink on illustration board, oil on canvas board & pencil sketch on onionskin. The ink drawings appeared in the Sunday, August 6, 1950 New York Times, depicitng these men as the voices of the Korean War. Color portrait of Thomas is circa 1940-41 when Thomas was hosting his daily newscasts over NBC Radio in addition to serving as voiceover narrator of Fox Movietone newsreels. Clipping included. 8" x 10" Good condition. 



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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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