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Article: Drawing Laughs at the Corcoran
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- The Washington Post
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- February 15, 1988
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We were strolling by the Corcoran last Wednesday night, collar
upward because of the blustery wind, when we noticed the warm lights
on after hours, which seemed to beckon us in. Much to our delight, a
party was on for the opening of the museum's new exhibit, "The Art of
The New Yorker: A 60-Year Retrospective," and as serendipity would
have it, it was attended by people whom we have always known and
loved but never met.
There, in one cozy corner with his hand wrapped around a
full-bodied glass of wine, was Charles Addams, who has given us
welcome goose bumps over the years with his gruesome "Addams Family."
(Can it really be more than 50 years of cartoons, as Addams claims?)
A gentle ...