""Room for One More"" Lot no. 2440
By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)
March 11, 1962 (Estimated)
14.00" x 9.50"
Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil on Onionskin Overlay
Signed Lower Right
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Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for ABC-TV sitcom, `Room for One More` starring Peggy McKay and Andrew Duggan as a couple who decide to adopt and add to their existing family. Akin to `The Brady Bunch` in concept, the series debuted Saturday, Jan 27, 1962 but was a ratings orphan and it soon abandoned the airwaves on July 28, 1962, Artwork appeared on the cover of the March 11, 1962 New York Journal American Pictorial Magazine and TView Section, includes original copies. On 22" x 14 1/2" illustration board with colored pencil on onionskin overlay, having notations. 14" x 9 1/2" image. Minor soiling, wrinkles, edge chips, tape on onionskin.
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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.