R.H. PALENSKE "Black Labrador." 20th c. Talio-chrome reproduction from the original etching. Signed in the talio chrome plate. Size framed: 12 5/8" w., 16 1/2" h. Condition: no major defects; frame as is.

On the back it has label with words:

"The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world,
the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.
When all other fiends desert,he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens."

George Graham West

PALENSKE, REINHOLD (1884-1954 American) Reinhold H. or R. H. Palenske was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was a graphic artist and painter. His work is in the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, and the Royal Gallery of London, England. During his career his work was reproduced in The Spur, the Washington Star and the Chicago Daily News.

Palenske studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and was a student of W. Reynolds. For many years, Brown and Bigelow had Palenske's work on an exclusive basis in the advertising specialty market, and they also offered a number of his original etchings. Palenske's love of animals and nature was almost inborn, for both his father and grandfather were cavalry officers whose love of horses is traditional. In addition to being a master etcher, he was a sportsman and hunter of prominence. Among other activities he, with J. M. Gibbon of Montreal and Carl Rungius, founded the "Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies," which originated on Wolverine Pass, British Columbia.