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Rueben Ward Binks, "Bodo"
Rueben Ward Binks, "Bodo"
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Reuben Ward Binks (British, 1880-1950), German Shepherd champion "Bodo," watercolor and gouache on paper, titled, signed, dated lower border "Bodo Ward Binks 31". Framed, not examined out of frame. Sight size: 11 3/4" high, 13" wide, frame size: 18 1/2" high, 19 3/4" wide. Provenance: Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Collection, Saint Hubert's Animal Welfare Center, Madison, NJ. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., NY, NY, Lot 438, Sale 3791, October 7, 1975. William J. Jenack Auctioneers, Chester, NY, Lot 271, October 22, 2011. Reuben Ward Binks was commissioned to paint German Shepherds for the Duke of Kent, Clumber Spaniels for King George V, and terriers for King Edward VII. He also painted over 100 pictures for Maharajah Dhirag of Patiala while in residence for eight months at the palace, and over 200 portraits for Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge. He illustrated several dog books, e.g. "Gun Dogs" by Patrick Chalmers, "Bulldogdom" by A.G. Sturgeon, "The Popular Labrador" by Lorna, Countess of Howe, and "About our Dogs" by A. Croxton Smith. Many of his works were later published as aquatints. Binks has been described as the Sargent of dog
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Rueben Ward Binks, "Bodo"

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