in 1963 getz and his first wife, margarita gibbons, were divorced. getz later married writer anne carriere, and shortly after relocated from new york city to sharon, connecticut in 1969, where getz lived until his death in 1996. his move to connecticut marked a shift in the mood of his "new yorker" covers from the city-centered work of his past. he began to depict more rural scenes of the countryside, familiar to the growing commuter and weekender populations. during this time getz also wrote and illustrated four children's books and illustrated numerous others, including "jennifer's walk", authored by anne carriere (getz and carriere divorced in 1973).