In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...

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In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1947

ClassificationsDrawing

MediumCrayon and ink

Dimensions14 1/2 × 11 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1972.625

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"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

Mary Petty

1947

"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

"I've finally decided to go to college. All you lose is four years."

"I've finally decided to go to college. All you lose is four years."

Mary Petty

1936

"This is going to take away at least seven years, Ma'am."

"This is going to take away at least seven years, Ma'am."

Mary Petty

1932

"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."

"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."

Mary Petty

1944

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

Mary Petty

1939

"Besides, it hits you in a good spot."

"Besides, it hits you in a good spot."

Mary Petty

1935

"We ought to do something-we can't leave everything to the Red Army, you know."

"We ought to do something-we can't leave everything to the Red Army, you know."

Mary Petty

1942

"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

Mary Petty

1933

"No, no Jones, leave the curtains open tonight..."

"No, no Jones, leave the curtains open tonight..."

Mary Petty

1927

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

Mary Petty

1940

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"Go ask LaGuardia if he knows where last year's Christmas ornaments are."

Alan Dunn

1938

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