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"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."
"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 13/16 × 13 3/16 in. (27.5 × 33.5 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 13 5/16 in. (34.6 × 33.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0489
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