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"Look about you."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1947
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions15 3/8 × 12 1/8 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1972.614
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"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"
"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"
Mary Petty
1933
"I want Miss Moak to look at you, M'am. Miss Moak is our trouble- shooter."
"I want Miss Moak to look at you, M'am. Miss Moak is our trouble- shooter."
Mary Petty
1936
"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."
"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."
Mary Petty
1933
"You really think I'd look well..."
"You really think I'd look well..."
Mary Petty
1928
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
Mary Petty
1929
No caption (elderly man about to be hanged)
No caption (elderly man about to be hanged)
Mary Petty
c 1933
"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
"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
"That's what I first liked about her-the way she hit out at life."
"That's what I first liked about her-the way she hit out at life."
Mary Petty
1936
"I think you're just in time, sir, to work in your story about Berry Wall and the hack-driver."
"I think you're just in time, sir, to work in your story about Berry Wall and the hack-driver."
Mary Petty
1939
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
Mary Petty
1936
"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."
"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."
Mary Petty
1937
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