Sit!: Ancestral Dog Portraits

By Bruce McCall and Thierry Poncelet

Book Overview

Text by Bruce McCall. "Exceptional book . . . the best of humor . . . refreshing. Delightful " is how George Booth describes "Sit " in "The New York Times Book Review." Working in the dog-as-person-as-art vein of William Wegman (but at the other end of the spectrum), Theirry Poncelet combs flea markets and antique shops for ancestral portraits; restores them brush-stroke by brush-stroke; and then seamlessly paints in a dog's head over the subject's. The resulting tour de force is a fantasy that looks uncaninely real. Selection of the Book-of-the Month Club.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563053802
• ISBN13: 9781563053801
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

Sit! Ancestral dog portraits

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Magnificent!

A magnificent display of heroes, scoundrels, statesmen and moguls from times past. Utterly hilarious and even credible, it draws you back again and again for another look. Where is the next edition!!

Fine writing and furry painting

M.Poncelet's "aristochiens" are hilarious and skillfully and, yes, artistically well done. There are about 70 paintings shown in the book and is a delight. But the diamond-studded collar on this book is the wonderfully creative writing by Bruce McCall. His little vignettes on the subject of each painting are a falling down delight. A grand sense of humor and an even grander sense of history and literary styles of the past make his contribution to this book a true masterpiece. While dog lovers will appreciate the book, even lowly cat people will enjoy the wit, style and imagination of Sit!: The Dog Portraits of Thierry Poncelet. Move over Poirot; Belgium has a new and better representative!