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[Elderly man about to be hanged]

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Datecirca 1933
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsObject: 14 13/16 × 11 in. (37.7 × 28 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 12 7/16 in. (39.7 × 31.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2376
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[Elderly man in dressing gown and woman]
[Elderly man in dressing gown and woman]
Mary Petty
circa 1933
"Look about you."
"Look about you."
Mary Petty
1947
"That's what I first liked about her-the way she hit out at life."
"That's what I first liked about her-the way she hit out at life."
Mary Petty
1936
"I think you're just in time, sir, to work in your story about Berry Wall and the hack-driver."
"I think you're just in time, sir, to work in your story about Berry Wall and the hack-driver."
Mary Petty
1939
"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
"Under the circumstances, I thought your remark about the Wellesley crew was rather tactless."
"Under the circumstances, I thought your remark about the Wellesley crew was rather tactless."
Mary Petty
1935
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
Mary Petty
1929
"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
"No man in a gig could have such interest in the milestones."
"No man in a gig could have such interest in the milestones."
Mary Petty
1947
Ranch-House "Modern" (man relaxing on patio)
Ranch-House "Modern" (man relaxing on patio)
Mary Petty
1954
[Man at desk taking woman's pulse]
[Man at desk taking woman's pulse]
Mary Petty
no date
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