[House of cards]

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[House of cards]

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1960

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumCrayon and ink

DimensionsSheet: 10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in. (27.8 x 21.4 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2088A

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"Funny gritting cards? Yez Mam, we got funny gritting cards. O, yez mam- all day lung am I in convulzions in mine own store!"

"Funny gritting cards? Yez Mam, we got funny gritting cards. O, yez mam- all day lung am I in convulzions in mine own store!"

Alan Dunn

1927

"I've been afraid of this. The people want credit cards!"

"I've been afraid of this. The people want credit cards!"

Alan Dunn

1959

"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

Mary Petty

1933

[Cue-card holder at T.V. studio]

[Cue-card holder at T.V. studio]

Alan Dunn

1951

[Housekeeper and Christmas-card clutter]

[Housekeeper and Christmas-card clutter]

Alan Dunn

1954

[Four men playing cards]

[Four men playing cards]

Walt Kuhn

no date

"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."

"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."

Alan Dunn

1931

"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"

"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"

Alan Dunn

1930

Clowns at Cards

Clowns at Cards

Walt Kuhn

1930

Couple kissing, men playing cards, Paris, France

Couple kissing, men playing cards, Paris, France

Leonard Freed

1977

Ballerinas Playing Cards

Ballerinas Playing Cards

Rodolphe Piguet

circa 1892

“I’ll show you how we spend our time,” said the homicide investigator, fingering a stack of cards with photos of wanted people. “What we do is mostly paper work. We show the photos in the neighborhood and hope someone will put the finger on a suspect.”

“I’ll show you how we spend our time,” said the homicide investigator, fingering a stack of cards with photos of wanted people. “What we do is mostly paper work. We show the photos in the neighborhood and hope someone will put the finger on a suspect.”

Leonard Freed

1976

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