A comprehensive and intriguing look at the witty and sophisticated art of William Wegman, beloved by the general public and held in critical esteem within the international art world This fascinating book reveals the full range of William Wegman’s art. Beloved by the general public for signature photographs of his troupe of Weimaraners, Wegman is also an immensely important figure in the contemporary art world.
 A pioneer video-maker, conceptualist, performer, photographer, painter, draftsman, and writer, Wegman moves fluidly among various media: from conceptual works to commissioned magazine shots; from videos shown in museums to television segments made for Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live; from artist’s books parodying nineteenth-century naturalist studies to children’s books revealing tongue-in-cheek portraits of town and country life; from photographic “landscapes” employing his canine muses to his most recent cycle of landscapes combining found scenic souvenir postcards with drawing, collage, and painting. Underlying all his creations is the light humor of “funny” mediating the darker human comedy of “strange.” Speaking to the absurdities of daily life, Wegman’s work is universally appealing.
 William Wegman: Funney—Strange is illustrated with some 250 images. It is the first retrospective volume to consider the artist’s entire career from the 1960s to the 2000s and is an essential book for any fan of Wegman’s work.

William Wegman: Funney/Strange

Arts & Photography

Wegman, William

Simon, Joan

Photography & Video

Yale University Press

Chip Wants a Dog (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2)

Chip has dreamed about owning a dog since he was a baby. A dog would be his best friend, for he would teach it to sit, stay, fetch, and roll over. But Chip's parents refuse to buy him one. One night, Chip's dream reveals a deep truth about who Chip is. Chip doesn't need a dog; he is a dog! From then on, his life is changed--he takes himself for walks; teaches himself to sit, stay, and fetch; and makes plenty of neighborhood friends!

Children's Books

Animals

Penguin Young Readers

Farm Days (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2)

Famed photographer William Wegman and his iconic Weimaraners are headed to the farm! City boy Chip has been invited by his cousins to visit them on the Old McKay Farm. Chip learns how to plant a garden, mow the grass, and milk a cow. But it is hard work! Chip is ready to head back to the city at the end of the day.

Chip Wants A Dog (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Turtleback

Night Before Christmas

Moore, Clement Clarke

Hyperion

This charming new title is a collection of over 450 vintage photographs of dogs in all kinds of settings: under the Christmas table and in the sea; posing for a family portrait and being squeezed tightly by an over-enthusiastic toddler; a Chihuahua in a tea cup and a Great Dane standing as tall as its young owner. DOGS is an essential book for dog and animal lovers, presenting amateur, anonymous photographs of dogs from the turn of the century to the early 1950s in ordinary and extraordinary settings. Johnson's collection of photographs, in its unpretentious attitude and days-gone-by aesthetic, presents a snapshot of family life and shows man's timeless relationship with his "best friend."

Dogs: Collected by Catherine Johnson Words by William Wegman

Johnson, Catherine

Phaidon Press~ Inc

From sleeping dogs to close-up paws, the author's famous weimaraners demonstrate each number in color photographs, while each Arabic number is created by a group of dogs in the "weimaraner" font used in ABC.

1 2 3

Education & Reference

In a large format board book, humorous full-color photographs of the author's famous weimaraners--Fay, Battina, Chundo, and Crooky--illustrate seven basic shapes in innovative ways.

Square Triangle Circle

Chip, a city dog, goes to visit his country cousins to learn all about farming

William Wegman's Farm Days

Travel

A well-known artist recreates these classic nursery rhymes with photographs of his weimaraner dogs as they play all the major roles, including Bo Peep, Old King Cole, Little Miss Muffett, and other favorites.

William Wegman's Mother Goose

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