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"Shall I leave the door open for further negotiations, sir?"
"Shall I leave the door open for further negotiations, sir?"

"Shall I leave the door open for further negotiations, sir?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1974
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 8 9/16 × 12 in. (21.8 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 3/8 in. (22.7 × 31.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.014
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
Negotiations
Negotiations
Evaristi Chikawe
circa 1993
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."
"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."
Alan Dunn
1964
"O.K., we're all agreed, we'll merge on a share-for-share basis - that leaves 157 open items on the agenda."
"O.K., we're all agreed, we'll merge on a share-for-share basis - that leaves 157 open items on the agenda."
Alan Dunn
1954
The open-door policy: Heaven help the employee who takes it too seriously.
The open-door policy: Heaven help the employee who takes it too seriously.
Alan Dunn
1957
"Thank you, Somers. If I want you again I shall fire three shots in rapid succession."
"Thank you, Somers. If I want you again I shall fire three shots in rapid succession."
Alan Dunn
1938
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
Alan Dunn
1944
"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
"The postman wants to know how many Idle Enumeration blanks he should leave here, sir."
"The postman wants to know how many Idle Enumeration blanks he should leave here, sir."
Alan Dunn
1937