"Promise you'll wait for me, I want something real to come back to."

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"Promise you'll wait for me, I want something real to come back to."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

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ClassificationsDrawing

MediumPastel, ink, and pencil

Dimensions12 × 11 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

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Object number1979.2306

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Drawings & Watercolors

Copyright© Mary Petty Estate

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"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

Mary Petty

1927

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

Mary Petty

1947

"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"

"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"

Alan Dunn

1969

"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."

"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."

Mary Petty

1934

"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."

"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."

Mary Petty

1931

"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

"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

couple seated outdoors

couple seated outdoors

Mary Petty

n.d.

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

Mary Petty

1939

"This is where you'll sleep, Professor."

"This is where you'll sleep, Professor."

Mary Petty

1928

"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."

"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."

Mary Petty

1936

"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

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