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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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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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==External links==

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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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-'''''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.
-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."
-There was a [[computer game]] based on the paintings.
-On [[February 16]], [[2005]], two of the paintings sold for [[US $]]590,400. [http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/16/news/newsmakers/poker_dogs/]
-==References==
-* ''San Jose Mercury News'', Feb 11, 2005; "A New York auction offers artistic treats for dog lovers"
-==External links==
-* [http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/d-f/dogpkr.shtml Short piece on the painting]
-* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050205140559/http://www.michaels.com/art/online/artistproducts?artistid=289 A collection of Coolidge paintings]
-[[Category:Art]]