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"I think there's another bath in it for you."
"I think there's another bath in it for you."

"I think there's another bath in it for you."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Dateno date
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions16 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2303
"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"
"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"
Mary Petty
1933
"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
"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"
"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"
Mary Petty
n.d.
"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
"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
"She's not going to divorce him quite yet. She thinks he has another book in him."
"She's not going to divorce him quite yet. She thinks he has another book in him."
Mary Petty
n.d.
"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."
"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."
Mary Petty
1931
"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."
"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."
Mary Petty
1935
"I think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."
"I think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."
Mary Petty
1940
"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
"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