In honor of the Dog Days this summer, I share with you a selection of our canine friends in art.
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Canvas Dog
Circa 1930.
Canvas applied on wood frame and polychrome.
Found in New Jersey.
32.5" h x 39" long x 10" wide
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Cast Iron Dog
Late 19th century
Unknown artist
Iron and original polychrome.
Half mold of standing bird dog.
Custom metal base.
38"l x 12'w x 33"h
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Important Trade Sign Carving of Greyhound
circa 1920
American
Pine and polychrome.
From the estate of Lincoln Kerstein.
14 1/2" height
47 1/2" length
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Carved Black Poodle
20th century.
Anonymous.
Carved oak with enamel.
Base is painted slate blue, red and white stripes.
Ex-Mendelsohn Collection.
27" x 7.5" x 27"h
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Leather Dachshund Ottoman
c. 1940
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Vintage leather footstool.
17” h x 9” w x 33.5” nose to tail
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Reclining Dog Carving
Mid-19th century
Slate carving of a reclining dog on platform.
11"l x 7"w x 6"h
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A Pair of Scotty Lamps
20th Century
Wood with red stain and varnish
Tails switch lamps on and off
12” w x 22” h x 16” diameter
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UNTITLED (Dog)
Bill Traylor (c. 1854–1949)
Montgomery, Alabama
1939–1942
Pencil, crayon, and poster paint on cardboard
18 1/4 x 26 1/2 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr., 1990.1.1
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DOG ARCADE TARGET
Painted sheet iron St. Bernard dog with target circle when hit triggered the dog to flip over. Nice original paint.
c.1920-40s
8.75 x 12 inches
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CAST IRON HOUNDS PANEL
Cast iron panel with 3 bloodhound heads in high relief. Old painted surface with minor paint loss. The three Amigos of bloodhounds late 19th c. c. Unknown maker.
14 x 30 x 2 inches
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PORTRAIT OF PATSY
Painting of a soulful dog Patsy signed Gretchen. acrylic on canvas board, framed 15 x 19
12 x 16 inches
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BULLDOG WEATHERVANE
Sheet iron weathervane in the form of a prized dog. Surface with oxidation and remains of silver paint made golden by rust. Mounted over metal base.
15 x 12 inches
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Artist: Jimmy Lee Sudduth
Toto the Dog
House paint, clay, on plywood panel
48 x 24 inches
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Artist: Richard Jackson
“Bad Dog” sculpture
Orange County Museum of Art
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Realistic Victorian Painting of a Landseer Newfoundland Dog
F. Wichert (Painter)
Germany, 1880
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Recumbent Dog Hooked Rug
c. 1890
wool
40” x 30.5”
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19th century English silk and woolwork
portrait of a dog in three quarter profile
in a bird's eye maple frame
circa 1840
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Image © Elliott Erwitt, photographer
Paris, 1989
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Jamie Williams, photographer
Image © Jamie Williams
2012
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Allen McCollum
The Dog From Pompeii, 1991
Polymer modified hydrocal 20 x 20 x 21 in. / 50.8 x 50.8 x 53.3 cm.
This article was originally published in August, 2013.