"From this floor, you'll have a splendid view of the collapse of civilization - if and when."

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"From this floor, you'll have a splendid view of the collapse of civilization - if and when."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1971

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 9 × 10 9/16 in. (22.8 × 26.9 cm) Sheet: 9 × 10 9/16 in. (22.8 × 26.9 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1437

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"I blame civilization. People have utterly no conception of what the mind can do."

"I blame civilization. People have utterly no conception of what the mind can do."

Alan Dunn

1932

"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

"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

"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."

"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."

Alan Dunn

1960

"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."

"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"I apologized to Helen and George for yesterday afternoon. You'll have to apologize for last night."

"I apologized to Helen and George for yesterday afternoon. You'll have to apologize for last night."

Alan Dunn

1938

"You'll have to excuse Donald, Mrs. Crumm. He had such a hard day at the office."

"You'll have to excuse Donald, Mrs. Crumm. He had such a hard day at the office."

Alan Dunn

1928

"Our house isn't entirely completed yet. You'll just have to imagine the bathroom."

"Our house isn't entirely completed yet. You'll just have to imagine the bathroom."

Kindl (Alan Dunn)

1931

"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."

"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."

Alan Dunn

1938

"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

"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"

"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"

Alan Dunn

1959

"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"

"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"

Alan Dunn

1959

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