Dogs Playing Poker Original

However only eleven of the paintings actually depict poker faced pups playing cards around a table.

Dogs playing poker original. Vtg dogs playing poker original c. Depictions and reenactments of the series have appeared in many film. Dogs playing poker has never received. Set of 4 dogs playing poker prints kaplan vintage.

Ending aug 16 at 6 26pm pdt 2d 1h. With a robust set of images in the original series including the timeless classic friend in need 1903 reproductions of coolidge s original works are a great way to decorate a classically styled poker room on a budget. Vintage us playing cards poker series print a showdown in the 400. His earliest paintings of dogs playing poker dating back to the 1870s decorated cigar boxes and served as a way for tobacco companies to distinguish themselves from their near identical competitors.

2 vtg dogs playing poker original c. Dogs playing poker refers to a series of paintings by artist c. All eighteen paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs but the eleven in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the united states as examples of kitsch art in home decoration. Free shipping on many items.

It s not commonly known but dogs playing poker by cassius marcellus coolidge refers to not just one painting but 18 of them. The series includes the artist s original poker game 1894 painting along with 16 other oil paintings commissioned in 1903 by brown bigelow to advertise cigars and an additional 1910 painting. The original series of dogs playing poker oil on canvas paintings are by the artist cassius marcellus coolidge. All eighteen of these paintings feature comical humanized dogs.

22 results for original dogs playing poker. 0 bids c 34 35 shipping. Vintage brown bigelow b b coolidge litho print dogs playing poker a bold bluff. Here are some facts you may not know.

But it wasn t until 1903 when coolidge signed a contract with the minnesota based promotional firm brown bigelow that his success was assured. Coolidge textured reprint c1955 framed. 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. Items in search results.

Coolidge textured reprints c1955. It was commissioned in 1903 by the brown bigelow marketing company although it may not be a classic in the art world but dogs playing poker does have quite the history.