"I don't even try to understand them any more."

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"I don't even try to understand them any more."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1936

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 10 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (27.1 × 24.5 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (27.1 × 24.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.280

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"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."

"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."

Alan Dunn

1943

"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

"Why don't you love Mr. Goring any more, Irene?"

"Why don't you love Mr. Goring any more, Irene?"

Mary Petty

1933

"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."

"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."

Mary Petty

1937

"What's more, you won't get into any trouble in a fishnet bathing suit. It has the O.K. of the Police Department."

"What's more, you won't get into any trouble in a fishnet bathing suit. It has the O.K. of the Police Department."

Mary Petty

1935

"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."

"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."

Alan Dunn

1942

"There's a certain honesty about them I like."

"There's a certain honesty about them I like."

Mary Petty

1936

"I lump them all together under "white women"."

"I lump them all together under "white women"."

Mary Petty

1934

"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."

"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."

Mary Petty

1944

"I think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."

"I think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."

Mary Petty

1940

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

Mary Petty

1939

"Personally, madam, I think you'd be more satisfied with the twins."

"Personally, madam, I think you'd be more satisfied with the twins."

Mary Petty

1928

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