If you were to commission a drawing from
Charles Addams circa 1944, what would you ask for? This pleasant dilemma was faced by an Army friend of Addams fan Sam Marcus, who asked the cartoonist to dedicate a drawing to his friend. Addams's most famous cartoon at that time may well have been his drawing of a skier published in the
New Yorker in 1940. Thus a personalized variant of this drawing was requested.
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| Charles Addams, The New Yorker, January 13, 1940, page 13 |
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| Charles Addams, The New Yorker, January 13, 1940, page 13 |
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| Charles Addams, Skier cartoon variant inscribed "To Sam Marcus/Chas Addams" |
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| Charles Addams, Skier cartoon variant inscribed "To Sam Marcus/Chas Addams" |
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Elite Decorative Arts June 8, 2013. Unsold.
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Note: So you want to see more blog posts about
Charles Addams?
How about more posts about
presentation drawings like this one? Well, not really like this one.
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