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The log-house...how often they returned in dreams!
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The log-house...how often they returned in dreams!

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1947
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions7 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1972.601
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How the wheels clank and rattle, and the tram-road shakes, as the train rushes on!
How the wheels clank and rattle, and the tram-road shakes, as the train rushes on!
Mary Petty
1947
"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"
"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"
Mary Petty
1934
"Look how fast they go! I guess they're not a student tour like we are."
"Look how fast they go! I guess they're not a student tour like we are."
Mary Petty
1930
"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"
"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"
Mary Petty
1944
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
Mary Petty
1937
"Maybe you'd like to take it outside and see how it looks in the daylight."
"Maybe you'd like to take it outside and see how it looks in the daylight."
Mary Petty
1934
"How long have you been wearing colored shirts?"
"How long have you been wearing colored shirts?"
Mary Petty
1930
"I was afraid Edgar was going to crack up until the government taught him how to play."
"I was afraid Edgar was going to crack up until the government taught him how to play."
Mary Petty
1934
No caption (full view of gabled house)
No caption (full view of gabled house)
Mary Petty
c 1933
Out upon the angry wind!...giving the old sign before the ale-house door such a cuff.
Out upon the angry wind!...giving the old sign before the ale-house door such a cuff.
Mary Petty
1947
The Beginning (couple looking at plan of a new house being built)
The Beginning (couple looking at plan of a new house being built)
Mary Petty
1954
Two gables of house and flowers
Two gables of house and flowers
Mary Petty
c 1933
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