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Charles Addams, Am., Matron & Cat, Ink Wash
Charles Addams, Am., Matron & Cat, Ink Wash
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Charles Addams, American, 1912-1988, Matron with Escaping Cat, pen and ink with touches of whiting and watercolor, ink signed on the image, inscribed and dedicated to Melisande on the mat, referring to her 27th Street apartment.
NOTE: As discovered in the estate and unseen publicly since the late 1950's, "the pet carrier with a saw blade protruding from the bottom was first published on page 26 of the 08 March 1952 issue of The New Yorker magazine and subsequently appeared on page 21 of the Addams compilation book titled Homebodies published by Simon & Schuster in 1954 and on page 186 in the later Addams compilation book titled My Crowd published by Simon & Schuster in 1970." Our great thanks to H. Kevin Miserocchi of the Addams Foundation for this information.
NOTE: Mr. Miserocchi further notes,  "if the Charles Addams subject matter was understood, it would be clear that, as always, his pet carriers contain unruly children (or in this case, a cat) - that matron is the child's mother and is forced to take the child on her errands in this manner."(SDOY1007) {TC}
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Measurements:image 10.5" x 11" tondo, framed 15.5 x 15
Condition
the image is good, minor toning outside the image, the mat is quite toned, but the inscription is quite readable. NOTE: we have removed lot 209 from its frame and it and its mat have been laid down on cardboard - bidders should assume that all three Addams drawing are framed similarly.
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Charles Addams, Am., Matron & Cat, Ink Wash

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