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

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

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1939

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 16 1/8 × 13 7/16 in. (41 × 34.2 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1969.968

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"May I have some more spinach, Mrs. Argyll?"

"May I have some more spinach, Mrs. Argyll?"

Mary Petty

1934

"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

"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."

"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."

Mary Petty

1936

"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

Mary Petty

1935

"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 all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."

"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."

Mary Petty

1932

"I want Miss Moak to look at you, M'am. Miss Moak is our trouble- shooter."

"I want Miss Moak to look at you, M'am. Miss Moak is our trouble- shooter."

Mary Petty

1936

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

Mary Petty

1940

"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."

"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."

Alan Dunn

1954

"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."

"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."

Alan Dunn

1955

"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

"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

Mary Petty

1947

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