A 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Teaser: The View From 86th Street

Crossing West 86th Street today in a taxi, I chanced upon the very last float lined up for tomorrow's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. On Thanksgiving morning, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, and numerous elves will ride in this reindeer-driven sleigh all the way down to Herald Square.

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Charles Addams: Cobblers on Strike

Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoon from the issue of July 21, 1962 has no caption, but there are still quite a few words to take in. The key word is right in the middle of the factory wall so you won't miss it. 

Charles Addams
Original cartoon art
The New Yorker, July 21, 1962, p. 31

Charles Addams's signature

"For Marten Loewengart
with all best
Chas Addams"

Detail with strikebreakers

J. Whatman drawing board verso

The New Yorker stamp

The original art was sold yesterday in Palm Beach.

Charles Addams
AGOPB (Auction Gallery of Palm Beaches) listing of September 21, 2024

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/186454229_charles-addams-american-1912-1988-original-cartoon-illustration-for-the-new-yorker-magazine

Charles Addams
AGOPB item description

Charles Addams
The New Yorker, July 21, 1962, p. 31

Charles Addams
Original cartoon art
The New Yorker, July 21, 1962, p. 31

With a spot drawing by Victor de Pauw and a cartoon by Charles Addams

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1962-07-21/flipbook/030/

Victor de Pauw
Spot drawing
The New Yorker, July 21, 1962, p. 30

I identified the artist on September 6, 2024.

Note:  In his 1964 wedding announcement, the Times described the drawing's recipient, Marten Loewengart, as a tanning company officer. So it may really have been the shoe subject matter that interested him in this cartoon.

I am eager to fill this blog with images of original art by Charles Addams. Please let me know what you have. After all, Halloween is coming.

Victor de Pauw's superb spot work has been noted here previously. I would be happy to hear from anyone with additional relevant material on this artist.

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W. Heath Robinson: Stocking Stuffers

Here's a fine watercolor illustration by W. Heath Robinson. It shows the correct way to stuff a stocking.

W. Heath Robinson

Note:  I'm not sure where I found this image; perhaps it was from a Chris Beetles exhibition.

A previous blog post on how the inventive W. Heath Robinson envisioned the search for Halley's Comet at Greenwich Observatory may be seen here. That one was definitely from Chris Beetles. Like most dealers, he does not maintain an online archive of past sales. The internet gets more exciting all the time, but wonderful things disappear from it forever every day as well.

All of my Christmas posts may be rediscovered here.

Today marks two and a half years of blogging for me. There is no need to send a congratulatory telegram.

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