"Last night I dreamed of shoes."

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"Last night I dreamed of shoes."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1933

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon

DimensionsObject: 15 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (38.7 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (38.7 × 34.3 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0538

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"I apologized to Helen and George for yesterday afternoon. You'll have to apologize for last night."

"I apologized to Helen and George for yesterday afternoon. You'll have to apologize for last night."

Alan Dunn

1938

"Everything all right in South East Asia? Last night I saw a light in Burma's window - "

"Everything all right in South East Asia? Last night I saw a light in Burma's window - "

Alan Dunn

1960

"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."

"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."

Alan Dunn

1931

"I'm beginning to worry about 9386. His bed wasn't slept in last night."

"I'm beginning to worry about 9386. His bed wasn't slept in last night."

Alan Dunn

1936

“Any hike that is going to take three pairs of shoes is not going to be no picnic.”

“Any hike that is going to take three pairs of shoes is not going to be no picnic.”

Alan Dunn

1942

“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”

“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”

Alan Dunn

1961

"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"

"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"

Alan Dunn

1955

"Confidence that the stockholders will support us when they know the facts' ranks high among Famous Last Words in American Business."

"Confidence that the stockholders will support us when they know the facts' ranks high among Famous Last Words in American Business."

Alan Dunn

1955

No caption (sign in supermarket window: "All Merchandise Marked Down To Last Week's Prices")

No caption (sign in supermarket window: "All Merchandise Marked Down To Last Week's Prices")

Alan Dunn

1969

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"Go ask LaGuardia if he knows where last year's Christmas ornaments are."

Alan Dunn

1938

"A last minute hitch, Colonel. He wants pocket money."

"A last minute hitch, Colonel. He wants pocket money."

Alan Dunn

1957

"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."

"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."

Alan Dunn

1954

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