I got a chuckle from the recent media reports about a survey from the American Kennel Council about
dogs in American culture (read our blog post here). One of the things
that made me laugh was that the most popular dogs in art award went to
"Dogs Playing Poker" (an old favourite of mine - who would not want
this in the pool room")!
When I googled it to find a picture to post on the blog, I laughed out loud at what I found!
The paintings themselves were done by American artist Cassius Coolidge (C.C. Coolidge) and were commissioned in 1903 by a Tobacco company to advertise cigars.
The titles in the "Dogs Playing Poker" series proper are:
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The original series was joined in 1910 by a similar painting by Coolidge called Looks Like Four of a Kind.
On February 15, 2005, the originals of "A Bold Bluff" and "Waterloo"
were auctioned as a pair to an undisclosed buyer for US$590,000!
I am so glad I took the few minutes to do the google search to learn more about the Dog Playing Poker series. I learned so much (honest Dr Mark, it is work!). What did we do before the internet was invented?
Anyway, have to go now, gotta google "Dogs Playing Pool"!
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