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Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Datec 1933
ClassificationsDrawing
Mediumcrayon 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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No caption (elderly man in dressing gown and woman)
No caption (elderly man in dressing gown and woman)
Mary Petty
c 1933
"Look about you."
"Look about you."
Mary Petty
1947
No caption (girl eating gingerbread man)
No caption (girl eating gingerbread man)
Mary Petty
c 1933
No caption (lady's hand holding small portrait of young man)
No caption (lady's hand holding small portrait of young man)
Mary Petty
c 1933
No caption (man standing under tree)
No caption (man standing under tree)
Mary Petty
c 1933
No caption (man at desk taking woman's pulse)
No caption (man at desk taking woman's pulse)
Mary Petty
n.d.
"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
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