"This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef, This little piggy had none, This little piggy ran wee wee wee all the way home, This little piggy...": reproduction of a "The New Yorker" cartoon drawing, published July 21, 1945
In a top floor room under the eaves, Gomez sits on his daughter Wednesday's bed, counting the toes on one of her feet, wondering how to finish the rhyme because the girl has six toes. Mortician stands in the doorway watching them. The print reproduces a cartoon printed in The New Yorker, July 21, 1945 and comes from a set of images by Charles Addams, under copyright of "The New Yorker" published by the American Folio Company, Westport, Connecticut.
Artwork Details
- Title: "This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef, This little piggy had none, This little piggy ran wee wee wee all the way home, This little piggy...": reproduction of a "The New Yorker" cartoon drawing, published July 21, 1945
- Artist: After Charles Addams (American, Westfield, New Jersey 1912–1988 New York)
- Printer: The American Folio Company, Westport, Connecticut
- Publisher: The New Yorker , 1945 copyright
- Date: ca. 1950
- Medium: Collotype
- Dimensions: Image: 11 13/16 × 9 9/16 in. (30 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (55.3 × 40 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles Addams, 1952
- Object Number: 52.624.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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