![]() It features dazzling details, an in-depth exploration of his visual universe, a complete biography, and excerpts from his textual inspirations: from Indian folktales and the letters of Benjamin Franklin to the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini and Audubon's Ornithological Biography. In dazzling watercolor, the images impress as much for their impeccable realism as they do for their complex narratives.įirst available as a signed and limited volume, this updated edition of Pancha Tantra is the most comprehensive survey of Ford's oeuvre to date, with 40 new works, more than 120 additional pages, and a new essay by the artist. In this stunning but sinister visual universe, beasts and birds are not mere aesthetic objects but dynamic actors in allegorical struggles: a wild turkey crushes a small parrot in its claw a troupe of monkeys wreaks havoc on a formal dinner table an American buffalo is surrounded by bloodied white wolves. Lions, tigers, and bears: Walton Ford’s large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals are anthropomorphic, allegorical. All from 150.00 New Books from 150.00 Used Books from 350.00 Rare Books from 150. Edition of 1,500 Hardcover in clamshell box, 37.5 x 50 cm, 11.74 kg, 354 pages 1,500 Edition: English, French, German Availability: In Stock. A closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the 'operatic' quality of traditional natural history. Painted with the deft technique of a technical artist, Walton Ford's works vibrate with an intensity of uncanny familiarity they are both reassuring in style and disturbing in content. At first glance, Walton Ford's large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals recall the prints of 19th-century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear. ![]()
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