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Utilitarian Interlude (vacationing with trailer)
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Utilitarian Interlude (vacationing with trailer)

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1954
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions8 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Keyword/Subject
  • leisure
  • trees
  • trailers
  • automobiles
  • people
Object number1979.2337
Collections
  • Art, Ecology, and Climate: The Anthropocene
Copyright© Artist/ Artist Estate
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"I'd love to visit with you but I'm on my way to discuss 'Strange Interlude'."
"I'd love to visit with you but I'm on my way to discuss 'Strange Interlude'."
Mary Petty
1928
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
So through the narrow streets and winding city ways, went Anthony Chuzzlewit's funeral.
So through the narrow streets and winding city ways, went Anthony Chuzzlewit's funeral.
Mary Petty
1947
"Look about you."
"Look about you."
Mary Petty
1947
"Ah! He'd make a lovely corpse."
"Ah! He'd make a lovely corpse."
Mary Petty
1947
"Over the hills and far away," indeed"."
"Over the hills and far away," indeed"."
Mary Petty
1947
"That voice!..My parent!"
"That voice!..My parent!"
Mary Petty
1947
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