Skip to main content Collections MenuExpandMy CollectionDownload 300 x 300 (Download)View PDFHe was born to be a secret.PreviousNext 300 x 300 (Download)He was born to be a secret.Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)Date1947ClassificationsDrawingMediumCrayon and inkDimensions4 1/4 × 2 7/16 in.Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn BequestObject number1972.604 Discover More "I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."Mary Petty1947"There's supposed to be a secret drawer in it somewhere."Mary Petty1937"Mrs. Cox, this is my first-born."Mary Petty1929"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."Mary Petty1935"Oh, let him stay! He's a piece of furniture."Mary Petty1947"Until Augustus leads me to the altar, he is not sure of me."Mary Petty1947"The Judge awarded her the children, but he got the apartment."Mary Petty1946"She's not going to divorce him quite yet. She thinks he has another book in him."Mary Pettyn.d."He's Harvard summa cum laude, of course. He has that to fight."Mary Petty1938"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."Mary Petty1937"What's he got - an awfice?"Mary Petty1928"Oh, he's a very good obstetrician-except for his habit of shouting 'Presto'!"Mary Petty1933 Powered by eMuseum
