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"You used to think I was mysterious, and now I'm just baffling."

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"You used to think I was mysterious, and now I'm just baffling."

Artist Frank Modell (1917 - 2016)

DateMay 12, 1986

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSheet Dimension: 13 7/8 × 18 1/8 in. (35.2 × 46 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Franklyn B. Modell

Object number2020.5.42LIC

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"Get your own beer. I'm not Hudson, you know."

"Get your own beer. I'm not Hudson, you know."

Frank Modell

January 6, 1975

"If you think it's so amusing, you send it, but I'm not signing my name to it."

"If you think it's so amusing, you send it, but I'm not signing my name to it."

Frank Modell

January 9, 1971

"What would you say if I became a healthier, happier, more confident me this summer?"

"What would you say if I became a healthier, happier, more confident me this summer?"

Frank Modell

May 28, 1990

"You know something? I'm already tired of the eighties."

"You know something? I'm already tired of the eighties."

Frank Modell

January 21, 1980

"I don't like the commercials either, but you don't see me going berserk."

"I don't like the commercials either, but you don't see me going berserk."

Frank Modell

March 11, 1985

"You're going to laugh when I say this, but I think you're very, very human."

"You're going to laugh when I say this, but I think you're very, very human."

Frank Modell

December 12, 1977

"Are you absorbed or just pretending to be absorbed?"

"Are you absorbed or just pretending to be absorbed?"

Frank Modell

May 7, 1979

"Will you be wanting your check now? We're running into Happy Hour."

"Will you be wanting your check now? We're running into Happy Hour."

Frank Modell

May 19, 1973

"Now, don't you start complaining."

"Now, don't you start complaining."

Frank Modell

January 3, 1977

"Oh, they're an interesting bunch, all right. They just don't happen to interest me."

"Oh, they're an interesting bunch, all right. They just don't happen to interest me."

Frank Modell

July 25, 1983

"You know what you have? You have awfully good taste, Marvin. I really mean it!"

"You know what you have? You have awfully good taste, Marvin. I really mean it!"

Frank Modell

October 10, 1970

"If you don't mind, sports fan, I'd like to interrupt right here for an announcement or two myself."

"If you don't mind, sports fan, I'd like to interrupt right here for an announcement or two myself."

Frank Modell

October 25, 1976