"It's true, sir, that the State Department let me go, but that was solely because of incompetence."

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"It's true, sir, that the State Department let me go, but that was solely because of incompetence."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1950

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 6 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (16.5 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (16.5 × 23.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1162

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"It's true, sir, that I've held several positions in..."

"It's true, sir, that I've held several positions in..."

Alan Dunn

1948

"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."

"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."

Alan Dunn

1972

"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"

"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"

Alan Dunn

1969

"We got it cheap because it's outside the fifty-mile television radius."

"We got it cheap because it's outside the fifty-mile television radius."

Alan Dunn

1939

"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."

"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."

Alan Dunn

1948

"It's for you, sir."

"It's for you, sir."

Alan Dunn

1943

"No cause for alarm, sir. It's merely a leak in the swimming pool."

"No cause for alarm, sir. It's merely a leak in the swimming pool."

Alan Dunn

1948

"Yes, sir, it's hard to believe that six months ago it was just a blueprint."

"Yes, sir, it's hard to believe that six months ago it was just a blueprint."

Alan Dunn

1942

"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."

"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."

Alan Dunn

1950

"I can let you have Apartment 23-A cheap. It's supposed to be haunted."

"I can let you have Apartment 23-A cheap. It's supposed to be haunted."

Alan Dunn

1931

"Sorry, sir. We've decided it's a lost art."

"Sorry, sir. We've decided it's a lost art."

Alan Dunn

1936

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