$123
After Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (American, 1844-1934) Two Works from Dogs Playing Poker : A Friend in Need and Poker Sympathy . Unsigned. Oil on paper, perhaps over a print, 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 in., framed. Condition: Losses, abrasions, craquelure, surface grime, Friend with a loss to the paper u.l. corner. N.B. Dogs Playing Poker refers collectively to a series of sixteen oil paintings by Coolidge, commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. These images were reproduced as posters, calendars, and prints, sometimes as part of promotional giveaways. The version at hand of Poker Sympathy deviates from the original with one less dog around the table and a different background.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-08-13
