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"Where the hell is everybody?"

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Daten.d.
ClassificationsDrawing
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 16 7/16 × 13 in. (41.8 × 33 cm) Sheet: 17 1/16 × 13 1/4 in. (43.3 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2302
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"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
Mary Petty
1935
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
Mary Petty
1929
"I planned him in Bermuda, where there are no automobiles."
"I planned him in Bermuda, where there are no automobiles."
Mary Petty
1934
"This is where you'll sleep, Professor."
"This is where you'll sleep, Professor."
Mary Petty
1928
"Who is she to give one of those parties where everybody is somebody?"
"Who is she to give one of those parties where everybody is somebody?"
Alan Dunn
1968
"Where the devil is everybody?"
"Where the devil is everybody?"
Alan Dunn
c 1965
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
Mary Petty
1947
"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"
"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"
Mary Petty
1947
"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."
"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."
Mary Petty
1947
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
Mary Petty
1947
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
Mary Petty
1947
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
Mary Petty
1947
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