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| − | '''''Dogs Playing Poker''''' is a series of [[oil painting]]s by [[Cassius Marcellus Coolidge|C. M. Coolidge]]. In 1903, the advertising firm Brown & Bigelow commissioned a series of 16 paintings from Coolidge to depict [[dog]]s acting like humans. Of these 16, nine show the dogs seated around a card table, playing [[poker]] and smoking [[cigar]]s. They show various stages of what might be the same poker game; for example, in ''A Bold Bluff'', a [[St. Bernard (dog)|Saint Bernard]]'s hand can be seen by the viewer but not by the other dogs; in ''Waterloo'', the Saint Bernard takes his winnings. ''Looks Like Four of a Kind'' is a well-known painting that was a follow-on to the original series. |
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| − | The series has a [[kitsch]] appeal that has made it part of American [[Popular culture|pop culture]]. For example, in [[Larry Shue]]'s play ''[[The Foreigner (play)|The Foreigner]]'', a character staying in a lodge remarks she does not want to be in her room because "the damned painting [in there] is Dogs Playing Poker." |
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| + | <big> <big> <big> <big> <big> <big> PWNED!!!!!!!!! |
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| − | There was a [[computer game]] based on the paintings. |
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| − | On [[February 16]], [[2005]], two of the paintings sold for [[US $]]590,400. [http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/16/news/newsmakers/poker_dogs/] |
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| − | ==References== |
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| − | * ''San Jose Mercury News'', Feb 11, 2005; "A New York auction offers artistic treats for dog lovers" |
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| + | BY DAVID |
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| − | * [http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/d-f/dogpkr.shtml Short piece on the painting] |
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| − | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20050205140559/http://www.michaels.com/art/online/artistproducts?artistid=289 A collection of Coolidge paintings] |
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| + | MASTURBATE!!!!!! |
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