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.
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Thierry Poncelet is a Belgian-born artist and paintings conservator whose dog portraits have earned him international acclaim. His work is exhibited in Paris, London New York, Vienna, and Brussels.
Bruce McCall is the author of "'Zany Afternoons"' and is a frequent contributor to "'The New Yorker"'.
Bruce McCall is the author of "'Zany Afternoons"' and is a frequent contributor to "'The New Yorker"'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fine writing and furry painting,
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This review is from: Sit!: The Dog Portraits of Thierry Poncelet (Hardcover)
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!
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Must have for dog lovers,
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This review is from: Sit!: The Dog Portraits of Thierry Poncelet (Hardcover)
My mother lent this book out many years ago and never got it back, so I bought this one for her Christmas gift. The artist, Thierry Poncelet, buys old portraits at sales and paints dogs' heads over the faces, and Bruce McCall writes short paragraphs about the lives of the dog/people in the portraits as if they were actual people. It's a hilarious book and the dog-people are often prone to all sorts of scandalous canine behavior! This would be a good gift for a dog lover.
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