1962 Release of the Book, "Fail-Safe"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the 1962 release of the book `Fail-Safe`, depicting the Strateg...
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1947 Broadway Drama, "The Whole World Over"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1947 Broadway drama, `The Whole World Over`, starring Uta Hag...
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"Father Knows Best"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 20.00" x 15.00" illlustration board with an image that measures to 15.00" x 11.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for `Father Knows Best`, the enduring and endearing CBS-TV family sitcom (1954-1960), here featuring Robert Young...
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"Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody"
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2 Pieces in this lot --- PEN & INK ILLUSTRATION - Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for NBC-TV's color spectacular 'Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody' with Shirley Jones, Donald O'Connor & Nanette Fabray, 14" x 9 1/2" image. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for NBC-TV`s color spectacular `Arthur Freed`s Hollywood Melody` with Shirley Jones, Donald O`Connor & Nanette Fabray, in a salute to the veteran producer of MGM`s greatest musicals. The splashy, show stopping special aired on Monday, March 19, 1962. Art rendered for Sunday March 18, 1962 cover of The New York Journal-American TView Magazine. Other top name stars featured in the program paying homage to Freed were Howard Keel, Richard Chamberlain, Juliet Prowse, Yvette Mimieux...
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"New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right On 20.00"x 15.00" illustration board with the image measuring to 11.50" x 9.00." The round portraits are paste...
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1958 Broadway Musical Revue, "International Soiree"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1958 Broadway Musical Revue `International Soiree`, starring French singing star Patachou, Hiram Sherman. Featuring Spanish flamenco dancers Caracolillo and Maria Rosa, Belgian pantomimist Cornelis and George La Faye`s French puppets...
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Gore Vidal's 1957 Comedy, "A Visit to a Small Planet"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 13.50" x 13.50." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for Gore Vidal`s 1957 comedy `A Visit to a Small Planet` starring Cyril Ritchard as Kreton, at the Booth Theatre. Featuring (l to r) Martyn Green, Eddie Mayehoff, Sibyl Bowan & Philip Coolidge. This witty, incisive play was directed by Ritchard, produced by George Axelrod and Clinton Wilder, and designed by Oliver Smith...
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"Uncle Willie"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for Broadway Comedy, `Uncle Willie` with Menasha Skulnik, Edith F...
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Caricatures of Unknown Shows and Subjects
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed in Various Positions Dimensions: Various different sizes, contact for exact dimensions of each illustration. (17) PEN & ...
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Three Versions Caricatures of Shirley Booth as NBC's "Hazel"
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Medium: Pen & Ink, (2) Color Comps on Illustration Board Signature: Unsigned, Lower Left and Lower Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 14.00" x 9.50." Includes two different color versions in watercolor on board, preliminary sketch. Includes original copies of the magazine. (3) Versions Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Shirley Booth...
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Caricature for Portrait of Tennessee Ernie Ford
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed "W" Lower Left Ink on Illustration Board Portrait of Tennessee Ernie Ford, probably for the New York Journal-American, 10...
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Caricature of Percy Faith
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of Percy Faith (1908-1976), Canadian Bandleader & Grammy Award W...
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Tennessee Ernie Ford and Uncle Charlie Weaver
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 15.00" x 22.00" illustration board with an image that measures to 13.00" x 16.00." Pasted on ...
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Broadway Comedy, "Wonderful Journey, " 1946
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board, blue pencil for halftone, glued on overlay of head on central figure. Signature: Signed Lower Right This illustration is on 15.00" x 10.00...
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Caricature for "The World of Mr. Sweeney" Promo
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right 8.50" x 8.75" image on 14.75" x 13.25" illustration board. Ink on Illustration Board with overlaid correction...
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Caricature of Opening of Zero Mostel in "Fiddler on the Roof"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This illustration is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board with a 12.50" x 12.00" image. Fine condition, editor's notations in margins. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the opening of Zero Mostel...
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Jerry Van Dyke, Host for the Game Show, "Picture This"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of comedian-singer-banjoist Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke, a host for the 1963 new game show `Picture This`, which debuted over CBS-TV on June 25, 1963 as a Tuesday-night summer replacement for `The Jack Benny...
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"Umbrellas of Cherbourg"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1964 French movie `Umbrellas of Cherbourg...
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1945 Broadway Show, "State of the Union"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board and Cardstock Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the 1945 Broadway show...
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1958 Broadway Comedy, "Two Gentlemen of Verona"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right On 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, the image measures to 13.00" x 15.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1958 Broadway comedy `Two Gentlemen...
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$700
1948 Broadway Revival of "Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1948 Broadway revival of `Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II`s Show Boat`, starring Billy House as Cap`n Andy Hawks and Carol Bruce as Julie Dozier, City Center Theatre, directed by Hassard Short, produced by Richard Rodgers...
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Broadway Drama, "Two for the Seesaw"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 13.00" x 16.00." Fine condition, edge stain. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for Broadway drama `Two for the Seesaw`, starring Henry Fonda as disillusioned Nebraska lawyer Jerry Ryan & Anne Bancroft, making her Broadway debut as lovelorn, Bronx-accented Gittel Mosca, which also garnered her a Tony for Best Actress. Directed by Arthur Penn, designed by George Jenkins...
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Ginger Rogers, circa 1948
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This illustration is on 13.50" x 10.00" illustration board with a 8.00" x 5.00" image. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dancer & Actress Ginger Rogers...
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Caricatures of Four Broadway Male Stars, Sept. 1946 (4)
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of four Broadway male stars, Sept 1946, including Lew Parker, Ri...
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The Broadway Cast of "Kathleen"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), Broadway cast of `Kathleen` by Michael Sayers, staged by Coby Ruski...
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T. C. Jones on Broadway in "Mask and Gown"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right On 20.00" x 13.00" illustration board with an image that measure to 14.00" x 10.00." Illustration includes blue to indicate halftone. Caricature by George Wachstster (1911-2006) of Female Impersonator T.C. Jones on Broadway in `Mask and Gown` at the Golden Theatre. Ran 9/10-10/12/1957. Jones impersonated Bette Davis, Tallulah Bankhead, Mae West, Judy Holliday, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn and Ethel Merman...
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$500
Caricature of the Cast of the Broadway Production of "Another Part of the F
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Ink on Illustration Board Caricature of the cast of the Broadway production of `Another Part of the Forest` by Lillian Hellman, including (l to r) Mildred Dunnock, Percy Waram, Leo Genn, Patricia Neal...
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"I'm Dickens, He's Fenster"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for ABC-TV Comedy `I`m Dickens, ...
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Broadway Show, "The Assassin, " 1945
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Broadway show `The Assassin with Frank Sundstrom and Lesley Woods, at the National Theatre. Written by Irwin Shaw, directed by Martin Gabel, directed by Boris Aronson...
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"Look Back in Anger"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1957 Broadway Drama, `Look Back in Anger`, by Paul Osborne, wi...
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1952 CBS-TV Comedy "My Little Margie"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1952 CBS-TV Comedy `My Little Margie`, starring Gale Storm an...
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The Caricature of "Wagon Train"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on illustration board, matted, 22.00" x 17.00" with a 14.00" x 12.00" image. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of `Wagon Train...
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Johnny Wayne & Frank Shuster for "Holiday Lodge"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left On 22.00" x 15.00" illustration board, the image measuring to 14.00" x 9.50." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Canadian comedy duo Johnny Wayne & Frank Shuster for their new CBS-TV series `Holiday Lodge`. The act was well known to US viewers from many variety shows of the day, the show was a summer replacement for `The Jack Benny...
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"The Millionaire"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for TV`s first `really big giveaway` hit, the CBS-TV series, `The Millionaire...
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"Star Time"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter 1911-2004) for the DuMont Network`s `Star Time`, broadcast from their NYC flagship station WABD (now WNYC). The hour series ran on Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. from September 5, 1950 to February 27, 1951. Depicted from left to right: Benny Goodman...
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Caricature of Tennessee Ernie Ford at a Pump Organ
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Ink on Illustration Board Caricature Portrait of Ernie Ford at a Pump Organ. The il...
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"Hit the Deck"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right On 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, the image measures to 12.00" x 12.50." The piece includes Ben Day halft...
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$700
Lyndon Baines Johnson Riding to Victory at the 1964 Democratic National Con
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Lyndon Baines Johnson ri...
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Milton Berle as Greek Masks of Comedy and Tragedy
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right The piece is on 20.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 10.50" x 8.50." There is some glue in the margins. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of enduring TV Host Milton Berle...
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Broadway Production of "Romanoff & Juliet"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), for Broadway Production of `Romanoff & Juliet`, starring Peter U...
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1954 Broadway Musical, "Goldilocks"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right On 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 12.00" x 15.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the 1954 Broadway Musical...
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Dr. Albert Hibbs on "Exploring"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dr Albert Hibbs on NBC-TV`s Saturday morning educational progra...
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"The Frightened Witness"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1957 ABC-TV DuPont`s Cavalcade Thetare presentation `The Frigh...
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1957 Broadway Production, "Small War on Murray Hill"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the 1957 Broadway production of Robert E. Sherwood`s final play, `Small War on Murray Hill`, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Directed by Garson Kanin, designed by Boris Aronson and Irene Sharaff...
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Sam Jaffe and Ruth Ford in the Broadway Drama, "This Time Tomorrow"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of Sam Jaffe & Ruth Ford in the Broadway dr...
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Caricatures of Bert Parks and Dan Seymour
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Ink on Illustration Board Caricatures of Bert Parks and Dan Seymour, hosts of the new television programs `Do...
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The 1957 Telecast of "The Barefoot Soldier"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the Oct 2, 1957 telecast of `The Barefoot Soldier` starring Sal Mineo...
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Tennessee Ernie Ford Painting Portraits
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Tennessee Ernie Ford painting portraits of himself down through the ages: as Henry VIII, Laughing Cavalier...
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Jose Ferrer as Face & George Coulouris as Subtle in "The Alchemist"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Jose Ferrer as Face and George Coulouris as Subtle in `The Alchemis...
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Drawing for 1948-49 "Anne of the Thousand Days"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 12.00" x 14.50." Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1948-49 Broadway production of Maxwell Anderson`s `Anne of the Thousand Days`, with Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman as King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, flanked by Wendell K. Phillips as Cromwell, Frederic G. Worlock as Wolsey and John Williams as the Duke of Norfolk...
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Johnny Carson and Marisa Pavin from "The Girl in the Gold Bathtub"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is pn 15.00" x 22.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 9.50" x 14.00." Includes copies of the original magazine. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Johnny Carson & Marisa Pavin from `The Girl in the Gold Bathtub...
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"Oklahoma!", the Broadway Musical
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), promoting `Oklahoma!` the Broadway Musical, with Harold (Howard) Keel replacing Alfred Drake in the lead role of Curley, ca 1946. He is depicted with (l to r), Bruce Hamilton as Jud Fry, Ruth Weston as Aunt Eller, Mary Hatcher...
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Cast from "Mama (6)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Left and Right This piece is on 15.00" x 11.00" illustration board with an images that measure to 11.00" x 9.00." Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of the cast from the endearing CBS-TV family comedy-drama `Mama`, based on John Van Druten`s 1944 play `I Remember Mama`, derived from Kathryn Forbes` book, `Mama`s Bank Account`, which was a smash on Broadway and an equally successful 1948 film before inspiring the live TV series about the Hanson...
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Sal Mineo as Tony Russo in "The Barefoot Soldier"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right 13.25" x 10.00" illustration on 20.00" x 15.00" board. India ink on board layout of Sal Mineo...
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Perry Como, circa 1955
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustraton board, with an image that measures to 9.00" x 7.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of crooner Perry Como...
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Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance 'The Lucy Show'
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Ink on Illustration Board Caricature Portraits of Lucille Ball portraying Lucy Carmichael as an aspiring painter with Vivian Vance...
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1944 Searing Broadway Drama, "Anna Lucasta"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 11.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 8.50" x 10.00." Caricatur...
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$1,550
Caricature for NYC Radio Host, Arthur Godfrey, with "Anniversary Meter"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 14.25" x 12.50" cardstock, with an image that measures to 10.00" x 10.25." Includes clipping. Pencil sketch on back. Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the 1948 Broadway production of Tennessee Williams` `Summer and Smoke` starring Margaret Phillips & Tod Andrews. The production ran from 10/6/48 - 1/1/49, for 102 performances, at the Music Box Theatre, directed by Margo Jones, designed by Jo Mielziner...
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"Hide and Seek"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, and the drawing itself measures to 12.50" square. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1957 Broadway production of `Hide and Seek...
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Composer and Musician Tony Mottola, "Mr. Big, " Author of "Danger"
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Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Composer and Musician Tony Mottola, `Mr. Big`, author of the `Danger` chord for the 1950 NBC-TV show of the same name. A famous musical signature where a single repeated note is interrupted by a dramatic chord or sting, the device was named after the series which first utilized it as its theme, the CBS-TV suspense anthology, `Danger` (1950-55). It was one of the directors for `Danger` - Yul...
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