Two drawings of frogs by Charles Addams came up for sale at Christie's last year. The London branch of the auction house had surprisingly little to say about these American drawings, not even that the previous owners were, to all appearances, frog fanciers.
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| Charles Addams, 1969 "I may be running on this platform quite soon myself CA" |
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| Charles Addams Christie's London June 4, 2019 |
That's it from Christie's. Now it's my turn. The first question to ask is whether the finished Addams cartoon was published and, if so, did it appear in The New Yorker. Yes on both counts, in 1959. Note how much more vivid Addams original is compared with the scan of the cartoon from the magazine's website.
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| Cartoons by Otto Soglow and Charles Addams |
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| Charles Addams, 1969 "I may be running on this platform quite soon myself CA" |
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| https://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2010/12/sam-gross-frog-legs-original-cartoon.html |
Note: Who doesn't love original Charles Addams art? You're invited to share what you've got right here on Attempted Bloggery. Send me an image of something good. I'm in the book.
Sure, I'll accept original Sam Gross art too.
By the way, don't skip the Xmas charity appeal cartoon by Otto Soglow on the New Yorker page opposite Addams's frog drawing. How long will it be until we aging cartoon bloggers need to explain to the next generation of readers what a telephone booth is?
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