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"Hello, Mama. We're playing house."
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"Hello, Mama. We're playing house."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Dateno date
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions14 × 13 3/16 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2298
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They held their course as if they were impelled and driven by its fury.
They held their course as if they were impelled and driven by its fury.
Mary Petty
1947
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
Mary Petty
1930
"After all, Roderick, I figure we're put here on earth for some very good reason."
"After all, Roderick, I figure we're put here on earth for some very good reason."
Mary Petty
1940
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
Mary Petty
1937
"After all, in the absence of anything else, we're the nobility."
"After all, in the absence of anything else, we're the nobility."
Mary Petty
1932
"I popped into St. Luke's today for a appendectomy, but they were all tied up."
"I popped into St. Luke's today for a appendectomy, but they were all tied up."
Mary Petty
1935
Image Not Available for No caption (Children and animals playing in an abstract form)
No caption (Children and animals playing in an abstract form)
Mary Petty
Out upon the angry wind!...giving the old sign before the ale-house door such a cuff.
Out upon the angry wind!...giving the old sign before the ale-house door such a cuff.
Mary Petty
1947
The log-house...how often they returned in dreams!
The log-house...how often they returned in dreams!
Mary Petty
1947
Ranch-House "Modern" (man relaxing on patio)
Ranch-House "Modern" (man relaxing on patio)
Mary Petty
1954
[Full view of gabled house]
[Full view of gabled house]
Mary Petty
circa 1933
The Beginning (couple looking at plan of a new house being built)
The Beginning (couple looking at plan of a new house being built)
Mary Petty
1954
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