"Now, you mustn't expect miracles of me the first day."

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"Now, you mustn't expect miracles of me the first day."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1937

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon

DimensionsObject: 9 3/4 × 22 in. (24.8 × 55.9 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 × 22 in. (24.8 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0618

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"Now, dear, you mustn't try to do too much in one day."

"Now, dear, you mustn't try to do too much in one day."

Alan Dunn

1939

"Now you mustn't be offended by what I am about to tell you in my professional capacity."

"Now you mustn't be offended by what I am about to tell you in my professional capacity."

Alan Dunn

1933

"You mustn't send me any more flowers, Mr. Buckley. We're just playing with fire, you know."

"You mustn't send me any more flowers, Mr. Buckley. We're just playing with fire, you know."

Alan Dunn

1932

"You have to expect a little trouble when you let it go so long."

"You have to expect a little trouble when you let it go so long."

Alan Dunn

1936

"Gargoyles! Great guns, Mr. Sims, what do you expect for five million dollars!"

"Gargoyles! Great guns, Mr. Sims, what do you expect for five million dollars!"

Alan Dunn

1931

"You mustn't let a mouth wash lull you into a false sense of security -"

"You mustn't let a mouth wash lull you into a false sense of security -"

Alan Dunn

1948

Watch out for Miracles... New hope for better babies

Watch out for Miracles... New hope for better babies

Eduardo Paolozzi

1965 - 70, published 1970

"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"

"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"

Alan Dunn

1932

"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"

"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"Once you promised me the world, and now look at it!"

"Once you promised me the world, and now look at it!"

Alan Dunn

1973

"I finally have it all worked out, and now you tell me not to seat a hawk next to a dove."

"I finally have it all worked out, and now you tell me not to seat a hawk next to a dove."

Alan Dunn

c 1966

[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]

[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]

Alan Dunn

1927

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