"It was a nice little place with a charming, intimate atmosphere. I had a really superb pulet saute Marengo, potatos bordure...."

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"It was a nice little place with a charming, intimate atmosphere. I had a really superb pulet saute Marengo, potatos bordure...."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1944

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 8 1/2 × 12 in. (21.6 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 in. (21.6 × 30.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0913

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"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."

"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."

Alan Dunn

1931

"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."

"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."

Alan Dunn

1941

"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."

"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."

Alan Dunn

1959

"It's probably not what Lady Bird had in mind, but it's nice."

"It's probably not what Lady Bird had in mind, but it's nice."

Alan Dunn

1967

"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."

"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."

Alan Dunn

1973

"Unfortunately I found out too late that I had merely taken the place of his mother."

"Unfortunately I found out too late that I had merely taken the place of his mother."

Alan Dunn

1936

"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."

"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."

Alan Dunn

1939

"It's a quaint unspoiled little place, off on a feeder airline."

"It's a quaint unspoiled little place, off on a feeder airline."

Alan Dunn

1947

"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."

"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."

Alan Dunn

1961

"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

Mary Petty

1939

"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"

"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"

Alan Dunn

1967

"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."

"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."

Alan Dunn

c 1966

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