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"May I borrow a cup of cyanide?": reproduction of a "The New Yorker" cartoon drawing, published February 8, 1941

After Charles Addams American
Publisher The New Yorker American
ca. 1950
Not on view
Morticia stands outside a stone house asking a favor of an elderly neighbor who resembles a witch. The print reproduces a cartoon printed in The New Yorker, February 8, 1941 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

Object Information
  • Title: "May I borrow a cup of cyanide?": reproduction of a "The New Yorker" cartoon drawing, published February 8, 1941
  • Artist: After Charles Addams (American, Westfield, New Jersey 1912–1988 New York)
  • Printer: The American Folio Company, Westport, Connecticut
  • Publisher: The New Yorker , 1941 copyright
  • Date: ca. 1950
  • Medium: Collotype
  • Dimensions: Image: 14 in. × 9 11/16 in. (35.5 × 24.6 cm)
    Sheet: 20 3/8 × 15 11/16 in. (51.8 × 39.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles Addams, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.624.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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