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"You must meet Mr. Mapes. He's being audited too."
"You must meet Mr. Mapes. He's being audited too."

"You must meet Mr. Mapes. He's being audited too."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1973
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 10 1/4 × 11 1/8 in. (26.1 × 28.2 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 × 11 1/4 in. (27.1 × 28.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.006
"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
"Too bad! In all other respects, he's as good a secret service man as she could ask for."
"Too bad! In all other respects, he's as good a secret service man as she could ask for."
Alan Dunn
1963
"Irma, I want you to meet Mrs. Rush. Mrs. Rush has a very successful compost pit."
"Irma, I want you to meet Mrs. Rush. Mrs. Rush has a very successful compost pit."
Alan Dunn
1950
"...and - Oh, yes, the paymaster for the Bijou Manufacturing Corporation. He's one of my "musts"."
"...and - Oh, yes, the paymaster for the Bijou Manufacturing Corporation. He's one of my "musts"."
Alan Dunn
1935
"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
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
Alan Dunn
1974
"It's Junior. He wonders if you can meet him near the bridge on Cold Ridge Road with a gallon of gasoline."
"It's Junior. He wonders if you can meet him near the bridge on Cold Ridge Road with a gallon of gasoline."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."
"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."
Alan Dunn
1957
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948