Thursday, October 13, 2011

Charles Addams Bloodlust

From the archives of Heritage Auctions in 2008 comes this original New Yorker cartoon art by Charles Addams. 
CHARLES ADDAMS (American 1912 - 1988)
New Yorker cartoon
Ink on paper
10 x 16 in.
Signed lower right
Addams, Charles Samuel:  American cartoonist, 1912-1988
Condition Report*:
This piece has been matted to an overall size of 14.5 x 21 in., and the art is in Excellent condition.

Sold for:$3,883.75 (includes BP )


Bid Source: HA.com/Live

Auction Ended On:Jun 5, 2008

CHARLES ADDAMS (American 1912 - 1988)
New Yorker cartoon
Ink on paper

10 x 16 in.
Signed lower right




August 31, 2019 Update:   The drawing was published in the New Yorker of December 20, 1941, page 10, so it must be about the battle of Moscow when the Nazi offensive was stalled by a rugged Soviet counterattack. This was a strategic setback to Hitler's hope for a short war and this cartoon takes a morbid pleasure in the German predicament, the bloodthirsty pursued by the bloodthirsty.
Cartoons by Charles Addams and Alan Dunn



Note:  My previous post on the art of Charles Addams may be found here.

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