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"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"
"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"

"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Daten.d.
ClassificationsDrawing
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 15 1/2 × 11 3/8 in. (39.4 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (40.4 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2297
"I think there's another bath in it for you."
"I think there's another bath in it for you."
Mary Petty
no date
"There's supposed to be a secret drawer in it somewhere."
"There's supposed to be a secret drawer in it somewhere."
Mary Petty
1937
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
Mary Petty
1936
"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."
"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."
Mary Petty
1937
"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
"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
There’s NO Retirement for an ARTIST It’s Your Way of Living so There’s No End to It - Henry Moore
There’s NO Retirement for an ARTIST It’s Your Way of Living so There’s No End to It - Henry Moore
Amos Paul Kennedy
no date
"There's no time to lose, Mrs. Blount. Your nose is getting definitly out-of-doorsy."
"There's no time to lose, Mrs. Blount. Your nose is getting definitly out-of-doorsy."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Better take your cane, dearest. There's some toal about our Victrola not being paid for."
"Better take your cane, dearest. There's some toal about our Victrola not being paid for."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"
"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"
Mary Petty
1931
"Now you've done it! You've exceeded your daily bag."
"Now you've done it! You've exceeded your daily bag."
Mary Petty
n.d.
"Eat your spinach, Mamma!"
"Eat your spinach, Mamma!"
Mary Petty
n.d.