""The Bloomer Girl""   Lot no. 2341

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By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)

Jan. 6, 1947 (Estimated)
13.00" x 16.00"
Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signed Lower Right
SOLD



Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), for 1947 Broadway Revival of `Bloomer Girl` starring Nanette Fabray & Dick Smart at City Center. Fabray took over the lead role of Evalina from Celeste Holm in 1945 while the musical was performed at the Shubert Theatre from October 5, 1944 to April 27, 1946. The revival was staged at City Center and ran January 6 to February 15, 1947, with cast depicted from left to right; Olive Reeves-Smith as Dolly Bloomer, Joe E. Marks as Sheriff Quimby, Nanette Fabray as Evalina Applegate, Dick Smart as Jefferson Calhoun, and Peggy Campbell as Daisy the maid. For the New York Journal-American, includes clipping. 

On 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, and the image measures to 13.00" x 16.00." Medium includes some blue indicating halftone. Minor edge 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.

 

 


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