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[Woman lighting match to look in store window]
[Woman lighting match to look in store window]

[Woman lighting match to look in store window]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1945
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 10 9/16 x 8 13/16 in. (26.8 x 22.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1921
Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".
Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".
Alan Dunn
circa 1966
[Liquor store window with Father's Day sign]
[Liquor store window with Father's Day sign]
Alan Dunn
1970
["Whistler's Father" in liquor store window]
["Whistler's Father" in liquor store window]
Alan Dunn
1970
[Sign in store window: "Only 70 Shopping Days Before Easter"]
[Sign in store window: "Only 70 Shopping Days Before Easter"]
Alan Dunn
1950
[Fur-store window and sign painter]
[Fur-store window and sign painter]
Alan Dunn
1951
"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
[Dept. store's "Complaints" and "Grievances" office in store]
[Dept. store's "Complaints" and "Grievances" office in store]
Alan Dunn
1962
[Woman looking out of window at helicopters and zeppelins]
[Woman looking out of window at helicopters and zeppelins]
Alan Dunn
1944
"Look, lady, are you trying to make me overreact?"
"Look, lady, are you trying to make me overreact?"
Alan Dunn
1968
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Humph! Look at Eleven-eighty-one- just a plain steal from Ten-thirty-nine."
"Humph! Look at Eleven-eighty-one- just a plain steal from Ten-thirty-nine."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954