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My Wife Sally
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My Wife Sally

Artist (American, 1885 – 1965)
Date1934
Period20th century
MediumDrypoint on paper
DimensionsObject size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Susan M. Yecies
Object number2019.019
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
Vermont Road
Vermont Road
Milton Avery
c. 1937
Object number: 1993.006
Untitled [artist’s wife]
Untitled [artist’s wife]
Paul César Helleu
c. 1905
Object number: 2015.221
Passage III
Passage III
Peter Milton
1972
Object number: 1991.037
Passage IV
Passage IV
Peter Milton
1973
Object number: 1991.038
–“Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton….” –Vous tairez-vous! Ma femme a la migraine. –Lisez donc un drame en cinq actes avec un orchestre pareil. –Finissez vous mon petit à la colique. A la garde! “Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……” [–Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton…. –Be quiet, my wife has a headache! –Why don’t you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! –Stop it… my little one is getting the colic! – Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……] from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 2, published in Le Charivari
–“Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton….” –Vous tairez-vous! Ma femme a la migraine. –Lisez donc un drame en cinq actes avec un orchestre pareil. –Finissez vous mon petit à la colique. A la garde! “Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……”
[–Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton…. –Be quiet, my wife has a headache! –Why don’t you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! –Stop it… my little one is getting the colic! – Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……]
from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 2, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published February 4, 1843
Object number: 2014.182
Osprey
Osprey
Richard Bishop
1935
Object number: 1973.055
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #1 (The World)
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #1 (The World)
William Kentridge
2007
Object number: 2008.020.1
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #2 (Newspaper Unread)
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #2 (Newspaper Unread)
William Kentridge
2007
Object number: 2008.020.2
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #3 (Massacre of the Innocents)
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #3 (Massacre of the Innocents)
William Kentridge
2007
Object number: 2008.020.3
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #4 (Newspaper Read)
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #4 (Newspaper Read)
William Kentridge
2007
Object number: 2008.020.4
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #5 (Mal d’Afrika)
L’inesorabile avanzata (The Inexorable Advance): #5 (Mal d’Afrika)
William Kentridge
2007
Object number: 2008.020.5
1936 Federal Duck Stamp Design
1936 Federal Duck Stamp Design
Richard Bishop
Object number: 1973.056