"Ginger Rogers, circa 1948"   Lot no. 2430

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By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)

1948 (Estimated)
8.00" x 5.00"
Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signed Lower Right

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Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dancer & Actress Ginger Rogers, circa 1948, for use in `Theatre Guild of the Air radio audience programs. Most of these portraits were done for Young and Rubicam, the agency for sponsor U.S. Steel.

This illustration is on 13.50" x 10.00" illustration board with a 8.00" x 5.00" image. Fine 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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