"All right—I take the key, go to your hotel, go to the twelfth floor and walk down one flight, and go in your room and wait till you come—and then what do I do?"

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
"All right—I take the key, go to your hotel, go to the twelfth floor and walk down one flight, and go in your room and wait till you come—and then what do I do?"
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Artist/Maker (American, 1904 – 1968)
Datepublished April 1937
MediumIndia ink wash in black on illustration board
DimensionsComposition: 19 × 13 in. (48.3 × 33 cm) Sheet: 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Dorothy Pilkington
Object number2008.2.1
Not on view
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Untitled [man in a bar looking at a woman]
Provenance prior to 1983: Private collection of Walter Pilkington
2008: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Dorothy Pilkington, widow of Walter Pilkington
Published References "Peter Arno's Side-Show," College Humor, April 1937, p.10.
Signature Recto, lower right (ink): "P.A."
Inscribed Inscribed in blue pencil at upper left: crop. [arrow underneath pointing down]; in blue pencil at upper right: crop [arrow beneath pointing left]; in blue pencil along right side: [arrow pointing down] 8 3/8" [arrow pointing up]; in pencil at lower left: light / ftone [underlined] / head [underlined]; in pencil on verso at lower right: H14561-2-
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
"Gosh, I forgot to look at your teeth, didn't I?"
Peter Arno
Date: published March 1937
Medium: India ink with graphite on illlustration board
Object number: 2008.2.3
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
"After the part where you tell them to 'speak now or forever hold their peace'—er—don't pause too long."
Peter Arno
Date: published March 1937
Medium: India ink with graphite on illustration board
Object number: 2008.2.2
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
"It isn't every student I'd let mark her own examination paper, Miss Dawson."
Peter Arno
Date: published February 1937
Medium: India ink with graphite on illustration board with some white paint
Object number: 2008.2.4
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For…
As a receptionist in a dentist's office I know that people are often anxious when they come in for a visit, so during the holidays I go all out to decorate the waiting room. I love to see the expression on their faces when they check out our Christmas tree., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.63
Every year I go to my mother-in-law's for thanksgiving and every year I swear I'll never do it again. But I always do, do it again.
Every year I go to my mother-in-law's for thanksgiving and every year I swear I'll never do it again. But I always do, do it again.
Bill Owens
Date: 1972, printed 2001
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.125
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.91
© Arko Datto. Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Untitled, from the series Where Do We Go When the Final Wave Hits?
Arko Datto
Date: 2017-2020
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2025.10.2
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by B…
As long as I can work here I will. It's better than housework. Cauliflower packing is hard work but I don't even think about it. My hands go through the motions, my mind's somewhere else. The season lasts six months, then I pack tomatoes and collect unemployment for the rest of the year., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.84
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Untitled
James Dugan
Date: c. 1933-1937
Medium: India ink on illustration board
Object number: 2008.2.9
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Untitled [wonder if you'd autograph my kid's books]
James Dugan
Date: mid 20th century
Medium: India ink on illustration board
Object number: 2008.2.8
King Andy I: How He Will Look and What He Will Do, from "Harper's Weekly"
King Andy I: How He Will Look and What He Will Do, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 3, 1866
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.83
This is Valerie’s world in miniature. She makes it what she wants it to be … without war, racial hate or misunderstanding. Ken and Barbie (dolls) are man and woman rather than Mom and Dad. They enjoy living and having a camper truck is the good life. Today Valerie has the chicken pox and can’t go out and play.
This is Valerie’s world in miniature. She makes it what she wants it to be … without war, racial hate or misunderstanding. Ken and Barbie (dolls) are man and woman rather than Mom and Dad. They enjoy living and having a camper truck is the good life. Today Valerie has the chicken pox and can’t go out and play.
Bill Owens
Date: 1972 (printed 1997)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.123