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Nightcrawlers

Publisher Simon & Schuster American
Dedicatee Phyllis Ames
1957
Not on view
Addams embellished this 1957 published compendium of his cartoons with a dedication and sketch that must represent the donor Phyllis Ames. The work contains ninety-one reproductions of the artist's drawings bound in blue boards with a green spine. These delightfully ghoulish responses to modern life appeared regularly in The New Yorker and today the artist is best known for images centered on the Addams family. He invented that satirical, gothic response to American family life in 1938 but did not give the characters names until they inspired a television series in 1964.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Nightcrawlers
  • Artist: Charles Addams (American, Westfield, New Jersey 1912–1988 New York)
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (American)
  • Dedicatee: Phyllis Ames
  • Date: 1957
  • Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical reproductions of drawings
  • Dimensions: 11 3/16 × 8 7/16 × 3/8 in. (28.4 × 21.5 × 1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Ames, 2018
  • Object Number: 2021.158.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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