"Now for the acid test - does it sell more Fruit Crush?"

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"Now for the acid test - does it sell more Fruit Crush?"

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1945

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 15 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (38.7 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (38.7 × 34.3 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0977

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"One thing more, sir--does the traffic there keep to the right or the left."

"One thing more, sir--does the traffic there keep to the right or the left."

Alan Dunn

1943

"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."

"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."

Alan Dunn

1960

No caption (student writing on blackboard: Nitric acid + glycerol= Nitroglycerin)

No caption (student writing on blackboard: Nitric acid + glycerol= Nitroglycerin)

Alan Dunn

1948

"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."

"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."

Alan Dunn

1946

"Russia tests, we test!"

"Russia tests, we test!"

Alan Dunn

1962

"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."

"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."

Alan Dunn

1969

"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."

"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."

Alan Dunn

1950

"I'd like to hear more about you "Go Now--Pay Later" plan."

"I'd like to hear more about you "Go Now--Pay Later" plan."

Alan Dunn

1955

"Of course at that price we can only sell one to a customer."

"Of course at that price we can only sell one to a customer."

Alan Dunn

1933

"It ought to be pretty good tea - they sell books."

"It ought to be pretty good tea - they sell books."

Alan Dunn

1930

"Would you sell yourself to lift your father's mortgage on his cooperative apartment?"

"Would you sell yourself to lift your father's mortgage on his cooperative apartment?"

Kindl (Alan Dunn)

1929

"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."

"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."

Alan Dunn

1941

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