Charles Addams: Mental Hazard

Happy Presidents' Day!  Today's blog post features original New Yorker cartoon art and is dedicated to all those Presidents who've spent some time on the golf course. The artist is Charles Addams and the cartoon was published in 1939.

Charles Addams, "That's the mental hazard on this hole."
Original art. The New Yorker, July 1, 1939, page 18

This piece was sold by the Lewis Wayne Gallery.

Lewis Wayne Gallery

http://www.lewiswaynegallery.com/charles-addams-new-yorker-cartoon-1939-lincoln-on-golf-course-orig-art-p-7002.html?utm_source=caf&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=caf

The price:

http://www.comicartfans.com/forsalesearchresult.asp?txtsearch=charles%20addams

As published in the New Yorker:

Charles Addams, "That's the mental hazard on this hole."
The New Yorker, July 1, 1939, page 18

Charles Addams, "That's the mental hazard on this hole."
The New Yorker, July 1, 1939, page 18

Charles Addams, "That's the mental hazard on this hole."
Original art. The New Yorker, July 1, 1939, page 18

This is shown with a different frame on James Halperin's website:

Charles Addams, "That's the mental hazard on this hole."
Original art. The New Yorker, July 1, 1939, page 18

http://www.jhalpe.com/items/view/00143

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