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"I'm going to leave you alone with the new wallpaper a few minutes, dear."
"I'm going to leave you alone with the new wallpaper a few minutes, dear."

"I'm going to leave you alone with the new wallpaper a few minutes, dear."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 10 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (27.3 × 32.4 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (27.3 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0502
"The scene is a typical stodgy suburban living room. The wallpaper would leave no impression on you because you've seen the patterne a thousand times. .."
"The scene is a typical stodgy suburban living room. The wallpaper would leave no impression on you because you've seen the patterne a thousand times. .."
Alan Dunn
1949
"Hawley, my lad, ask this good man if that is the correct time. Mrs. Perly's wrist watch registers a discrpancy of two minutes."
"Hawley, my lad, ask this good man if that is the correct time. Mrs. Perly's wrist watch registers a discrpancy of two minutes."
Alan Dunn
1926
"It's ten minutes after four bells, ma'am. Want some tea?"
"It's ten minutes after four bells, ma'am. Want some tea?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm sure you can get a few months' wear out of it before opinion crystallizes."
"I'm sure you can get a few months' wear out of it before opinion crystallizes."
Alan Dunn
1940
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Now, Chloe dear, you aren't going to spoil Mother's Louis XIV scheme, are you?"
"Now, Chloe dear, you aren't going to spoil Mother's Louis XIV scheme, are you?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"Now Mumsy isn't going to tell you anything more, dear. You must learn to think for yourself."
"Now Mumsy isn't going to tell you anything more, dear. You must learn to think for yourself."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Now I'm going to turn you over to Mr. Foley. Come in, Mr. Foley."
"Now I'm going to turn you over to Mr. Foley. Come in, Mr. Foley."
Alan Dunn
1937
"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."
"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."
Alan Dunn
1952
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
Alan Dunn
1965
“May I see you alone, please?”
“May I see you alone, please?”
Alan Dunn
1929