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"Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"
"Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"

"Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1948
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2045
"Lady, would you mind turning down that radio?", "Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"
"Lady, would you mind turning down that radio?", "Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
Alan Dunn
1958
"You say 10,486 and Dummond makes it 11,104--now who am I to believe?"
"You say 10,486 and Dummond makes it 11,104--now who am I to believe?"
Alan Dunn
1942
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."
"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."
"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
Alan Dunn
1964
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"We hate to mix business with pleasure, Mr. Steen, but how do you feel about giving us that order for 50,000 (indeciferable)?"
"We hate to mix business with pleasure, Mr. Steen, but how do you feel about giving us that order for 50,000 (indeciferable)?"
Alan Dunn
1927
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931