[Secretaries eavesdropping on boss' phone call]

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[Secretaries eavesdropping on boss' phone call]

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1951

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumCrayon and ink

DimensionsSheet: 8 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (20.7 x 28.4 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2170

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[Man at desk talking on phone, secretary gathering cobwebs]

[Man at desk talking on phone, secretary gathering cobwebs]

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"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

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Alan Dunn

1948

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"Then, your Royal Highness, after presenting my credentials to Secretary-General U Thant, proceeded to Pier 74, at Thirty-Fourth Street, and the Hudson River, to reclaim my limousene.."

"Then, your Royal Highness, after presenting my credentials to Secretary-General U Thant, proceeded to Pier 74, at Thirty-Fourth Street, and the Hudson River, to reclaim my limousene.."

Alan Dunn

1967

"If this is stark realism, why does the phone always work?"

"If this is stark realism, why does the phone always work?"

Alan Dunn

1971

"If this is stark realism, why does the phone always work?"

"If this is stark realism, why does the phone always work?"

Alan Dunn

1971

[Woman in modern phone booth]

[Woman in modern phone booth]

Alan Dunn

1964

[WAC on field phone]

[WAC on field phone]

Alan Dunn

1942

"I call that progress - in a way."

"I call that progress - in a way."

Alan Dunn

1970

"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."

"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."

Alan Dunn

1967

"Now, of all times, they have to call a meeting."

"Now, of all times, they have to call a meeting."

Alan Dunn

1957

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