Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 271

Price Realized: $ 7,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
CHARLES ADDAMS.
The River Styx. Cartoon for The New Yorker, published November 7, 1953, with their copyright stamps and notations on verso. Watercolor, ink and wash on board. 305x343 mm; 12x13 1/2 inches, on 15x19 1/4-inch board. Signed "Chas Addams" in lower left image. Occasional soiling and abrasions from removed adhesive in margins, not affecting image.

Additional Details

This work subsequently appeared on page 57 of Charles Addams's compilation book "Homebodies," New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954.