Blue Dog.

RODRIGUE, George and Lawrence S. Freudlich.

Item Number: 132617

New York: Viking Studio Books, 1994.

First edition, second printing of the first Blue Dog book. Octavo, original illustrated boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the half-title page by Robert Rodrigue with an original drawing of a blue dog. In fine condition. Uncommon with an original drawing.

American artist George Rodrigue is now best known for his Blue Dog series of paintings, featuring a blue-hued dog, which was made popular by Absolut Vodka in 1992, when Rodrigue was honored as an Absolut Vodka artist joining famous artists such as Andy Warhol and glass artist Hans Godo Frabel.