"Who's going to tell them that utopia is still in the talk stage?"

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"Who's going to tell them that utopia is still in the talk stage?"

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1970

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm) Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1657

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[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]

[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]

Alan Dunn

1927

"I'd like you to meet Miss Tucker, who's over here on a Guggenheim, Miss Coley, who's here on a Fullbright, and Mr. Stewart, who's on his own."

"I'd like you to meet Miss Tucker, who's over here on a Guggenheim, Miss Coley, who's here on a Fullbright, and Mr. Stewart, who's on his own."

Alan Dunn

1959

"By the way, who's going to break the news to Mr. Mapes?"

"By the way, who's going to break the news to Mr. Mapes?"

Alan Dunn

1934

“It’s against his principles to fight, but he’s going to tell them he’s willing to combat erosion.”

“It’s against his principles to fight, but he’s going to tell them he’s willing to combat erosion.”

Alan Dunn

1940

"Who's been sitting here? This throne is still warm."

"Who's been sitting here? This throne is still warm."

Mary Petty

1934

"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."

"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."

Mary Petty

1937

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

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

Alan Dunn

1942

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"Now Mumsy isn't going to tell you anything more, dear. You must learn to think for yourself."

"Now Mumsy isn't going to tell you anything more, dear. You must learn to think for yourself."

Alan Dunn

1931

"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."

"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."

Alan Dunn

1968

"I guess they're literary people. All they talk about..."

"I guess they're literary people. All they talk about..."

Alan Dunn

1948

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