Cassius Marcellus Coolidge's painting "Poker Game" (finished in 1894) went under the hammer last week for an astonishing $658,000! Coolidge (1844-1934) became a well-known artist thanks to his paintings of dogs playing poker, which mirrored the successful middle-class humans of his time.
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge's painting "Poker Game" (finished in 1894) went under the hammer last week for an astonishing $658,000! Coolidge (1844-1934) became a well-known artist thanks to his paintings of dogs playing poker, which mirrored the successful middle-class humans of his time.
