"Darling, let's get drunk"

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"Darling, let's get drunk"

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1933

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 11 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (28.3 × 27.6 cm) Sheet: 12 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (32.7 × 29.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0485

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"Oh no, let's eat the caramels now..."

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"For heaven's sake, Myra! You're not going to let Chaminade's Scarf Dance get you down?"

"For heaven's sake, Myra! You're not going to let Chaminade's Scarf Dance get you down?"

Mary Petty

1932

"Diane, darling, you're the first experience in my life since the Black Tom disaster."

"Diane, darling, you're the first experience in my life since the Black Tom disaster."

Mary Petty

1930

"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."

"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."

Mary Petty

1931

"Agnes called to say that dear old Mrs. Pulsifer passed away at ten this morning and that maybe we could get her apartment."

"Agnes called to say that dear old Mrs. Pulsifer passed away at ten this morning and that maybe we could get her apartment."

Mary Petty

1944

"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."

"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."

Mary Petty

1936

"I've still got to get the baby's present for the chauffeur and the gardener and Aunt Millie."

"I've still got to get the baby's present for the chauffeur and the gardener and Aunt Millie."

Mary Petty

1937

"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"

"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"

Mary Petty

1933

"If I take the 4:17, that will get me home in time..."

"If I take the 4:17, that will get me home in time..."

Mary Petty

1932

"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."

"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."

Mary Petty

1934

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

Mary Petty

1935

"What's more, you won't get into any trouble in a fishnet bathing suit. It has the O.K. of the Police Department."

"What's more, you won't get into any trouble in a fishnet bathing suit. It has the O.K. of the Police Department."

Mary Petty

1935

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