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Charles Addams
Miss Universe
, 1954
18.5 x 13.7 in. (47 x 34.8 cm.)
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Charles Addams
American, 1912–1988
Miss Universe
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1954
Charles Addams
Miss Universe
, 1954
18.5 x 13.7 in. (47 x 34.8 cm.)
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Medium
Works on paper, ink and wash
Size
18.5 x 13.7 in. (47 x 34.8 cm.)
Markings
signed lower left; printers mark on verso
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Movement
Post-War
Provenance
Taraba Illustration Art
Tee and Charles Addams Foundation
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Description
Caption: "Go right ahead, Pomfert. The entries closed two weeks ago."
Published: The New Yorker, July 12, 1954
As Fred Taraba points out... " The Pugsley character in the striped shirt is the only one amused in a horrified crowd at the sight of an invading spacecraft". Addams revisits themes and used this concept in one of his most famous works "Sad Movie" where Fester is laughing in a horror movie.
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