本书为《Pancha Tantra》的最新版，是迄今为止对Walton Ford的作品的一次最全面的概述，增加了40件新作品和120多页的内容，以及这位画家撰写的一篇新文章。这本书最早推出的是带签名的限量版。书中有令人眼花缭乱的细节，对他视觉世界的深入探索，完整的传记，以及他的文字灵感摘录：从印度民间故事和本杰明•富兰克林的信函到《本韦努托•切利尼自传》和奥杜邦的《鸟类传记》。很快将推出艺术版，限量发行100本，每一本均附赠一张由沃尔顿•福特（Walton Ford）签名的复制画。

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. 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.

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. In dazzling watercolor, the images impress as much for their impeccable realism as they do for their complex narratives.

First 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. 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.Soon available in an Art Edition limited to 100 copies, each with a print signed by Walton Ford