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CHARLES ADDAMS.
“Just keep your shirt on.You’ll see.”Cartoon for
The
NewYorker,
published June 22, 1946, with their
copyright stamps and notations on verso.
Watercolor,ink and wash on board heightened
in white, with printed caption affixed to
board. Image approximately 267x292 mm;
10
1
/
2
x11
1
/
2
inches, on 14
3
/
4
x13
1
/
4
-inch board.
Signed“Chas Addams” in lower right image.
Residue from prior matting in margins, few
spots of foxing.
[5,000/7,500]
After its first appearance on page 23 of the 22
June 1946 issue of The New Yorker, this cartoon
was published again in Addams’s compilation book
titled Addams and Evil (Random House, 1947).
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CHARLES ADDAMS.
Noisy Neighbor. Full-page cartoon for
The NewYorker
with their stamps and pencil sketch
of a man in profile by Addams on verso, published April 28, 1951.Watercolor, ink and
wash on board, heightened in white. 489x349 mm; 19
1
/
4
x13
3
/
4
inches, on 21
3
/
4
x12
1
/
2
-inch
board. Signed “Chas Addams” in lower right image. Dampstain visible on verso,
1
/
4
-inch
paint splash near lower edge. Matted and framed.
[10,000/15,000]
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