"Father, I cannot tell a lie."

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"Father, I cannot tell a lie."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1954

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in. (23 × 31.7 cm) Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 5/8 in. (23.8 × 32.1 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Keyword/Subject

Object number1979.1237

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"You'll laugh when I tell you what I paid for this."

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1950

"You'll laugh when I tell you what I paid for this."

"You'll laugh when I tell you what I paid for this."

Alan Dunn

1950

"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"

"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"

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"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."

"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."

Alan Dunn

1948

"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"

"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"

Alan Dunn

1948

"I tell you it isn't growing bigger. It's just that we'ved moved into a smaller apartment."

"I tell you it isn't growing bigger. It's just that we'ved moved into a smaller apartment."

Alan Dunn

1955

"I still can't tell 'em apart."

"I still can't tell 'em apart."

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1942

"I finally have it all worked out, and now you tell me not to seat a hawk next to a dove."

"I finally have it all worked out, and now you tell me not to seat a hawk next to a dove."

Alan Dunn

c 1966

No caption ("Whistler's Father" displayed in a liquor store window, with a sign above reading "Remember Father's Day June 21st")
)

No caption ("Whistler's Father" displayed in a liquor store window, with a sign above reading "Remember Father's Day June 21st")
)

Alan Dunn

1970

"I dread the day when I'll have to tell him about sex."

"I dread the day when I'll have to tell him about sex."

Alan Dunn

1937

"Now you mustn't be offended by what I am about to tell you in my professional capacity."

"Now you mustn't be offended by what I am about to tell you in my professional capacity."

Alan Dunn

1933

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