"Caricature Promo for 1959 Broadway Play, "The Gang's All Here""   Lot no. 2347

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By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)

Oct. 1959 (Estimated)
13.25" x 10.50"
Pen and Ink on Cardstock
Signed Lower Left

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Ink on Cardstock Caricature Promo for 1959 Broadway Play `The Gang`s All Here`, starring Melvyn Douglas, Jean Dixon and E.G. Marshall, examining the scandalous Harding administration in Washington, DC, which ran at the Ambassador Theatre from Oct 1959 to Jan 1960, probably for the New York American-Journal.

An 13.25" x 10.50" image on 22.00" x 15.00" cardstock, slightly soiled. 



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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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