""Texas, Li'l Darlin"" Lot no. 2377
By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)
Nov. 25, 1941 (Estimated)
16.00" x 9.50"
Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signed Upper Left
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Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1949 Broadway Musical Comedy `Texas, Li`l Darlin` starring Kenny Delmar, Loring Smith, Danny Scholl & Mary Hatcher. (Delmar was playing off his Senator Claghorn character from NBC Radio`s `The Fred Allen Show`). Directed by Paul Crabtree, designed by Theodore Cooper & Eleanore Goldsmith, the show ran 11/25/49 - 9/9/50, for 292 performances at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. On 15" x 20" illustration board with blue to indicate halftone. Probably for the New York Journal-American. 16"x 9 1/2" image. Minor 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.