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"According to the figures, one thing is clear. I can't live on my salary."
"According to the figures, one thing is clear. I can't live on my salary."

"According to the figures, one thing is clear. I can't live on my salary."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1959
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions8 3/4 × 7 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1314
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Copyright© Artist/ artist's estate
"Before pronouncing sentence, may I say my salary is $27,500 a year and my total personal assets amount to $88,726.42. The court will now proceed...."
"Before pronouncing sentence, may I say my salary is $27,500 a year and my total personal assets amount to $88,726.42. The court will now proceed...."
Alan Dunn
1969
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941
"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."
"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
40. High Cost of Living. Prices rise higher and higher;/ My salary no longer stretches,/ To play the market is one thing—/ Marketing, quite another.
40. High Cost of Living. Prices rise higher and higher;/ My salary no longer stretches,/ To play the market is one thing—/ Marketing, quite another.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
Alan Dunn
1964
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
Alan Dunn
1954
"But you can't put that thing up there."
"But you can't put that thing up there."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I thought this time it was the real thing, but he was only after my proxy."
"I thought this time it was the real thing, but he was only after my proxy."
Alan Dunn
1954
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
Alan Dunn
1954
"I know one thing. I'm already not voting for Reagan."
"I know one thing. I'm already not voting for Reagan."
Alan Dunn
1967
"One other thing: Keep that man of yours out o' my territory!"
"One other thing: Keep that man of yours out o' my territory!"
Alan Dunn
1929