On December 12, Swann Galleries auctioned an original drawing by Charles Addams published in The New Yorker's issue of October 30, 1948. It's a scene of hard-boiled police detectives taking down the elaborate confession of a murderess. The light source on the right casts film noir shadows to the left.
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| " . . . and then I disconnected the booster from the Electro-Snuggie [B]lanket and put him in the deep-freeze. In the morning, I defrosted him and ran him through the Hand[i] Home Slicer and then the Jiffy Burger Grind, and after that I fed him down the Dispose-All. Then I washed my clothes in the Bendix, tidied up the kitchen, and went to a movie." Charles Addams Original art The New Yorker, October 30, 1948, p. 20 |
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| Charles Addams Swann Galleries Illustration Art auction of December 12, 2024 Hammer price |
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| With Buyer's Premium |
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| " . . . and then I disconnected the booster from the Electro-Snuggie Blanket and put him in the deep-freeze. In the morning, I defrosted him and ran him through the Handi Home Slicer and then the Jiffy Burger Grind, and after that I fed him down the Dispose-All. Then I washed my clothes in the Bendix, tidied up the kitchen, and went to a movie." Charles Addams The New Yorker, October 30, 1948, p. 20 |
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| " . . . and then I disconnected the booster from the Electro-Snuggie [B]lanket and put him in the deep-freeze. In the morning, I defrosted him and ran him through the Hand[i] Home Slicer and then the Jiffy Burger Grind, and after that I fed him down the Dispose-All. Then I washed my clothes in the Bendix, tidied up the kitchen, and went to a movie." Charles Addams Original art The New Yorker, October 30, 1948, p. 20 |
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| With a cartoon by Charles Addams and a spot drawing by K. Friedrick |
Addams's grisly scenario is rendered comical by the absurd enumeration of supposed home products.
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| Spot drawing of a Chinese laundry with a Vote Here sign K. Friedrick |
Now just who is K. Friedrick?
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