BIB_ID
281726
Accession number
MA 12862.1-6
Creator
Addams, Charles, 1912-1988.
Published
1947.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description
6 drawings, mounted on the same piece of board.
Notes
Original drawings for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Mar. 22, 1947.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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230 x 162 mm (each)
Summary
Series of drawings shows what various members of a household imagine when they hear a creaking shutter. The father thinks of a burglar working on a combination safe, the maid of a peeping tom, the young son of a monster at the window sill, the elderly lady of an intruder setting fire to the house; the young girl of a boyfriend throwing pebbles to the window, and the mother of a kidnapper taking her young son.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with correction fluid and graphite inscriptions on paper, mounted on board.
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