[LEARNED DOG] Munito the Learned Dog. Nineteenth century li...

[LEARNED DOG] MUNITO THE LEARNED DOG. Nineteenth century lithograph and watercolor on paper. The educated canine bows its head as its master looks on; Munito searches for the correct playing card from a circle of pasteboards on the floor before him. Three spectators flank the performers. The image of Munito pasted over the likeness of a harpist. 9¼ × 11", unevenly trimmed and laid down on old paper with the holographic note to the verso in pencil, “Munito by Lanté.” See Jay’s Journal of Anomalies, V1 N1.

According to Mr. Jay, this is “Purported to be the original watercolor of Castelli and Munito pasted over a harpist from the series Bon Genre, but may in fact be a clever collotype rather than the original, extracted from a book with 39 pieces reprinted from the original Bon Genre.”