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"This is where you'll sleep, Professor."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1928
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon pencil
DimensionsObject: 16 1/2 × 15 in. (41.9 × 38.1 cm) Sheet: 18 9/16 × 15 in. (47.2 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1986.554
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"I guess I won't decide on it today - I'll have to sleep on it."
"I guess I won't decide on it today - I'll have to sleep on it."
Mary Petty
1929
"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."
"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."
Mary Petty
1934
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
Mary Petty
1929
"I planned him in Bermuda, where there are no automobiles."
"I planned him in Bermuda, where there are no automobiles."
Mary Petty
1934
"Promise you'll wait for me, I want something real to come back to."
"Promise you'll wait for me, I want something real to come back to."
Mary Petty
no date
"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."
"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."
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1947
"Where the hell is everybody?"
"Where the hell is everybody?"
Mary Petty
n.d.
"Oh no, let's eat the caramels now..."
"Oh no, let's eat the caramels now..."
Mary Petty
1928
"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."
"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."
Mary Petty
1936
"You see, I can be sure of a life of Lincoln."
"You see, I can be sure of a life of Lincoln."
Mary Petty
1931
"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."
"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."
Mary Petty
1927
"I was in the tub when the firemen came..."
"I was in the tub when the firemen came..."
Mary Petty
1931
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