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“But how do I know it’s authentic?”
“But how do I know it’s authentic?”

“But how do I know it’s authentic?”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1967
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 × 10 1/4 in. (22.9 × 26 cm) Sheet: 9 × 10 1/4 in. (22.9 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1366
"Gascoigne! How do you like my new frock?", "Thumbs down, Eugenie; it's too damn feminine."
"Gascoigne! How do you like my new frock?", "Thumbs down, Eugenie; it's too damn feminine."
Alan Dunn
1927
"But how do you know destroying the inner Van Allen belt will create havoc until you try it?"
"But how do you know destroying the inner Van Allen belt will create havoc until you try it?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"Please dear - I know all about it's being Flag Day, but don't drink anymore!"
"Please dear - I know all about it's being Flag Day, but don't drink anymore!"
Alan Dunn
1930
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."
"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
Alan Dunn
1971
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
Alan Dunn
1947
"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."
"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."
Alan Dunn
1933
"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."
"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."
Alan Dunn
1941