Artists felt more secure if misunderstood.

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Artists felt more secure if misunderstood.

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1957

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 9 7/8 × 11 1/4 in. (25.1 × 28.5 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 × 11 1/4 in. (25.1 × 28.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2147

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No caption (artist’s drawing on sidewalk outside of MOMA)

No caption (artist’s drawing on sidewalk outside of MOMA)

Alan Dunn

n.d.

No caption (Artists selling works outside NY Stock Exchange)

No caption (Artists selling works outside NY Stock Exchange)

Alan Dunn

1972

"I think Dr. Winkel felt my liver was the biggest thing that ever came his way."

"I think Dr. Winkel felt my liver was the biggest thing that ever came his way."

Mary Petty

1932

"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."

"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."

Alan Dunn

1941

"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."

"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."

Alan Dunn

1939

"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

"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."

"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."

Alan Dunn

1945

"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

"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"

"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"

Alan Dunn

1969

"Just one more thing and I'll shut up about it. If the franc topples, do we topple with it?"

"Just one more thing and I'll shut up about it. If the franc topples, do we topple with it?"

Alan Dunn

1969

"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."

"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."

Alan Dunn

1941

"We get it in the army so do not send no more of it in cans."

"We get it in the army so do not send no more of it in cans."

Alan Dunn

1942

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