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"My friends...let us contemplate existence."
"My friends...let us contemplate existence."

"My friends...let us contemplate existence."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1947
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions5 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1972.589
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
Mary Petty
1937
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
Alan Dunn
1954
"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."
"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."
Mary Petty
1931
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
Mary Petty
1947
"Oh, let him stay! He's a piece of furniture."
"Oh, let him stay! He's a piece of furniture."
Mary Petty
1947
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
Image Not Available for "It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
"It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"Oh no, let's eat the caramels now..."
"Oh no, let's eat the caramels now..."
Mary Petty
1928
"For heaven's sake, Myra! You're not going to let Chaminade's Scarf Dance get you down?"
"For heaven's sake, Myra! You're not going to let Chaminade's Scarf Dance get you down?"
Mary Petty
1932
"Darling, let's get drunk"
"Darling, let's get drunk"
Mary Petty
1933
"Everything considered he preaches a remarkably good sermon. It's so hard to avoid offending people like us."
"Everything considered he preaches a remarkably good sermon. It's so hard to avoid offending people like us."
Mary Petty
1934