"Milton Berle Opening "Freedomland USA" Amusement Park" Lot no. 2299
By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)
June 16, 1960 (Estimated)
15.00" x 10.00"
Pen & Ink, Comp Color Onionskin Overlay on Board
Signed Lower Right
SOLD
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for Opening of `Freedomland USA` Amusement Park, Bronx, NY. Milton Berle had a first night show there 6/19/60. The drawing was done for the cover of the New York Journal-American Pictorial Magazine and TView Section on that date, includes copies of the original mag. On 20" x 15" illustration board with onionskin overlay. The park closed after only four years. 15" x 10" image. Minor edge soiling.
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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.