"Listen, Basil, I'm at 125th Street - what ought I to do?"

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"Listen, Basil, I'm at 125th Street - what ought I to do?"

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1928

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (21 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 6 7/16 in. (27.8 × 16.3 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.239

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"Listen, Estelle! Tuesday I'm having lunch with an author! Do you want to have tea with me afterwards?"

"Listen, Estelle! Tuesday I'm having lunch with an author! Do you want to have tea with me afterwards?"

Mary Petty

1930

"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."

"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."

Alan Dunn

1948

"I'm sorry, madam; I'll do what I can , bu Mr. O'Connor takes cares of cases like you."

"I'm sorry, madam; I'll do what I can , bu Mr. O'Connor takes cares of cases like you."

Mary Petty

n.d.

"We ought to do something-we can't leave everything to the Red Army, you know."

"We ought to do something-we can't leave everything to the Red Army, you know."

Mary Petty

1942

"I suppose I ought to be ashamed of myself for resorting to the obvious appeal."

"I suppose I ought to be ashamed of myself for resorting to the obvious appeal."

Mary Petty

1935

"And furthermore I will listen to a motion..."

"And furthermore I will listen to a motion..."

Mary Petty

1927

"I think it deplores the trend of today, but I'm not positive."

"I think it deplores the trend of today, but I'm not positive."

Mary Petty

1934

"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"

"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"

Mary Petty

1947

"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."

"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."

Mary Petty

1933

"That's what I first liked about her-the way she hit out at life."

"That's what I first liked about her-the way she hit out at life."

Mary Petty

1936

"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

Mary Petty

1934

"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."

"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."

Mary Petty

1936

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