Berkey’s TV GUIDE Art
John Berkey did 17 illustrations for TV Guide, and I’ve found 13 of them — (maybe there were more, 17 is my best estimate at this time).
If anyone can help me find the missing 4, I’d really appreciate it!
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July 12, 1975
A better condition copy without the obnoxious address sticker:
The original art:
The prelim of this painting:
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June 10, 1978
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August 18, 1979
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April 5, 1980
The original art:
3 Prelims:
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February 20, 1982
1982 — 2 MISSING
Title: “TV in the Future?”
The 2nd article had the illustration of a car / title of article unknown.
1983 — A-bomb cover
I’ve looked at all the covers for this year, and there was one showing an A-bomb blast — but to me it looks like a photograph, not a Berkey painting…
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March 3, 1984
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September 22, 1984
*This TV GUIDE article dealt with the controversy of playing Michael Jackson music videos on MTV!
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April 27, 1985
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1986 — **MISSING**
Title: “How Good are TV Analysists?”
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August 22, 1987
The original art:
ABOVE: Berkey’s interior illustration.
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November 14, 1987
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October 29, 1988
The original art:
The prelim:
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1988 — Issue date missing
I clipped this one myself back in 1988, but I don’t know which week this was…
Details…
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Shogun 1980 Mini-Series
This painting was obviously done for the Shogun TV program, but I have not been able to locate where it was published…
BELOW:
John Berkey mentioned in this 2002 TV GUIDE:
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Unpublished TV Guide Cover Art
16 Berkey Originals were for auction on www.ha.com
including this unpublished TV GUIDE cover!
