Original Dogs Playing Poker 1894

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Original dogs playing poker 1894. In 1894 an american artist cassius marcellus coolidge 1844 1934 completed an oil painting of four whiskey drinking cigarette and cigar smoking dogs sitting around a table playing poker titled aptly enough dogs playing poker. Youtube dogs playing poker youtube dogs playing poker ebay dogs playing poker posters for sale at you ll never guess how much these famous poker dog paintings dogs playing poker by cassius marcellus coolidge refers collectively to an 1894 painting. Similar designs more from this artist. Similar designs more from this artist.

Photo via wikimedia commons. Dogs playing poker by cassius marcellus coolidge refers collectively to an 1894 painting a 1903 series of sixteen oil paintings commissioned by brown bigelow to advertise cigars and a 1910 painting. All eighteen of these paintings feature humanized dogs. Art 15 things you should know about dogs playing poker 1.

Coolidge who created at least eight variations on the dog poker theme including a friend in need 1903 the most frequently reproduced of the bunch wasn t the first to paint anthropomorphized animals they ve. The original one title poker game sold for 658k in 2015. Dogs playing poker the previous top price for a coolidge was 74 000 chicago. Dogs playing pool after original by coolidge tapestry.

There were 18 in total 11 of which show dogs round a table. The series includes the artist s original poker game 1894 painting along with 16 other oil paintings commissioned in 1903 by brown bigelow and an additional 1910 painting. Bulldog pop art how bout a kiss 2 by sharon cummings tapestry. The later ones were used to advertise cigars and were commissioned after the popularity of the earlier ones gained wider recognition.

Unlike his original work that used this theme these were commissioned for advertising and largely used in calendars cigar advertisements and decoration. Cassius marcellus coolidge poker game 1894. The set of paintings were created by cassius marcellus coolidge between 1894 and 1910. Dogs playing poker by cassius marcellus coolidge refers to not just 1 painting but 18.

The paintings show the dogs enjoying a bunch of different positions and activities like taking a road trip and playing a game of football but obviously poker proved to be the most popular activity these dogs partake in. Dogs playing poker art series print includes 5 jpg files poker game 1894 is the 1st painting in the series by c m. So how pray tell did a pack of dogs playing poker outlast so many other serious paintings. Dog poker after original by coolidge.

This original painting sold in 2015 for 658 000 the most famous in the series is a friend in need. Discover the story behind these poker faced pups. Then in 1903 the brown and bigelow company commissioned coolidge to undertake a series of poker playing dog paintings which they reproduced as calendars. The dogs playing poker series refers to the collective group of coolidge s dog paintings including his original 1894 painting the 16 oil paintings that were commissioned in 1903 by brown bigelow and an additional 1910 painting he did.

However only eleven of the paintings include dogs playing poker around a card table.