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''Dogs Playing Poker'' refers collectively to a series of sixteen oil paintings by C. M. Coolidge, commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. All the paintings in the series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the nine in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the United States as examples of mainly working-class taste in home decoration. Critic Annette Ferrara has described ''Dogs Playing Poker'' as "indelibly burned into ... the American collective-schlock subconscious ... through incessant reproduction on all manner of pop ephemera." == Coolidge paintings == The titles in the "Dogs Playing Poker" series proper are: *''A Bold Bluff'' (originally titled ''Judge St. Bernard Stands Pat on Nothing'')〔McManus, James. ("Play It Close to the Muzzle and Paws on the Table," ) ''New York Times'' (December 3, 2005).〕 *''A Friend in Need'' *''His Station and Four Aces'' *''Pinched with Four Aces'' *''Poker Sympathy'' *''Post Mortem'' *''Sitting up with a Sick Friend'' *''Stranger in Camp'' *''Waterloo'' (originally titled ''Judge St. Bernard Wins on a Bluff'')〔 *''Ten Miles to a Garage'' *''Riding the Goat'' *''New Year's Eve in Dogville'' *''One to Tie Two to Win'' *''Breach of Promise Suit'' *''The Reunion'' *''A Bachelor's Dog'' These were followed in 1910 by a similar painting, ''Looks Like Four of a Kind''. Some of the compositions in the series are modeled on paintings of human card-players by such artists as Caravaggio, Georges de La Tour, and Paul Cézanne.〔 On February 15, 2005, the originals of ''A Bold Bluff'' and ''Waterloo'' were auctioned as a pair to an undisclosed buyer for US $590,400.〔"A New York auction offers artistic treats for dog lovers," ''San Jose Mercury News'' (Feb 11, 2005).〕 The previous top price for a Coolidge was $74,000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dogs Playing Poker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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