George Wachsteter

Edmund O'Brien in "Sam Benedict"

1972

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1957 Broadway comedy, `The Greatest...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board, with blue to indicate halftone. Signature: Signed Upper Left This piece is on 22.00" x 14.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 12.00" x 6.50." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1958 Broadway drama, `J.B.`, starring Raymond Massey...

Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil Onionskin Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dennis Morgan as private eye...

Medium: Pen and Ink, Graphite on Onionskin Overlay Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dennis Morgan as private eye...

American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...

DAVID ROSE (1910 – 2006) LEONARD WEINGLASS - ELLSBERG TRIAL, 1973 Color marking pen on tracing paper. Image 12 ½ x 11 inches, sheet 15 x 18 ½ inches. Very fresh, in good condition with bright colors save for horizontal creases at the lower sheet edge slightly into the image and a few other soft creases. Leonard Weinglass along with Leonard Boudin were attorneys for Anthony Russo and Daniel Ellsberg at the Pentagon Papers Trial in 1973. Upon his death in 2011 the NY Times called Weinglass, “perhaps the nation’s pre-eminent progressive defense lawyer, who represented political renegades Provenance: Directly from the artist David Rose to this dealer in the late 1980’s. I knew David as an artist and friend as we both lived in Los Angeles. It has been in temperature and humidity storage since its acquisition. The Ellsberg Trial was the beginning of a long career for Rose as a court reporter Rose’s papers are in Special Collections of USC, The University of Southern California. The Online Archives of California Rose Biography states: Rose's courtroom career began in 1973 with the trial of Daniel Ellsberg, the former defense analyst who released the Pentagon Papers regarding the Viet Nam War to the New York Times. (Rose received an Emmy Award nomination for his coverage of the Pentagon Papers trial.) Rose's sketches of this trial-- along with all those that would follow through the next twenty-five years-- appeared in television news broadcasts and newspapers all over the world. He saw himself as a reporter-- but with colored pencils and sketchpads as his tools. He tried to capture the emotions in the courtroom-- the tension, anger, and the body language that conveyed them. Over the years, Rose's art depicted the trials of some of the most famous-- and infamous-- personalities to make the news: Klaus Barbie (the Butcher of Lyon), Patty Hearst, Sirhan Sirhan, John Z. DeLorean, Rodney King, Imelda Marcos, Huey Newton...

Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955) Man Pencil on paper Signed "R. Schlichter" on the lower right Study of a man leaning forward on the back 59 x 44 cm Sma...

Pastel on paper, signed (lower right), 50cm x 74cm (70cm x 92cm framed). The picture is good condition and the work comes directly from the artist. Painter, draughtsman and teacher...