An original New Yorker cartoon by Charles Addams was sold at Heritage's Mainstream Illustration sale on Friday. The drawing was in the private collection of archaeologist Iris Love and gossip columnist Liz Smith.
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| "Miss Egan, bring me everything we have on cats." Charles Addams Original art The New Yorker, June 29, 1981, p. 35 |
The degree of detail can be better appreeciated at full size:
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| "Miss Egan, bring me everything we have on cats." Charles Addams Original art The New Yorker, June 29, 1981, p. 35 |
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| Wrapper |
The auction's sale price was a healthy one.
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| Charles Addams Heritage Auctions item description |
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| [End of Heritage Auctions listing] |
You know the routine. Now we take a look at how this work was first introduced to the world in the pages of The New Yorker:
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| "Miss Egan, bring me everything we have on cats." Charles Addams The New Yorker, June 29, 1981, p. 35 |
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| "Miss Egan, bring me everything we have on cats." Charles Addams Original art The New Yorker, June 29, 1981, p. 35 |
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| With drawings by William Steig and Charles Addams |
The more I see of such spreads in the magazine, the more I am convinced of a delibrate effort to balance the page: the simple linework of William Steig offsets the heavy shadows of Addams.
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| Kabuki Drama William Steig The New Yorker, June 29, 1981, p. 34 |
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