"Gosh, I forgot to look at your teeth, didn't I?"

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
"Gosh, I forgot to look at your teeth, didn't I?"
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Artist/Maker (American, 1904 – 1968)
Datepublished March 1937
MediumIndia ink with graphite on illlustration board
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (29.2 × 41.9 cm) Sheet: 14 7/8 × 20 in. (37.8 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Dorothy Pilkington
Object number2008.2.3
Not on view
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Alternate Titles By Golly I Forgot to Look at Your Teeth, Didn't I
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
Markings Black stamp at upper left edge: COLLEGE
Published References "Peter Arno's Side-Show," College Humor, March 1937, p.19.
Signature Recto, lower left corner (ink): "P.A."
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil along top of sheet: [arrow pointing left] 6 1/2" [arrow pointing right] highlight / halftone / go ahead; entitled in pencil along bottom of sheet: "By golly, I forgot to look your teeth, didn't I?"; inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: H141V1-31
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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