Walton Ford. Dog Song. Art Edition No. 1–100, ‘Heroes’, 2026
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This Art Edition (No. 1–100) includes the aquatint etching Heroes (2026), numbered and signed by Walton Ford. Printed by hand on 100% cotton paper using a French-made Ledeuil etching press, it accompanies Dog Song, a portfolio of loose-leaf folded pages showcasing Ford's original handwritten text and drawings.
Presented in a clamshell box and also numbered and signed by Walton Ford, Dog Song is inspired by musicians David Bowie and Iggy Pop and the time they spent as flatmates in Berlin during the punk era. Rock star canines David and Jimmy roam the gritty streets searching for inspiration. From fleshly temptations to run-ins with border guards, their scrappy, surreal misadventures come alive in Ford’s ravishing illustrations, as their animal instincts and creativity become ensnarled in a doggy underworld.
“The bond between David Bowie and Iggy Pop, the greatness of the music they were making, and the edgy grit of life beside the Berlin Wall have always seemed to me an almost impossibly glamorous concoction. This is my love ballad to all that.”
Walton Ford. Dog Song. Art Edition No. 1–100, ‘Heroes’, 2026
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A darkly funny dog tale authored and lavishly illustrated by Walton Ford
Exquisitely drawn and joyfully off the leash, Dog Song follows two musical hounds searching for inspiration for their next album, but driven by very different instincts. David is orderly, bookish, contemplative; Jimmy is altogether more appetite-led. David sniffs out bookshops, while Jimmy prowls parks, backstreets, and the shadowy corners of Berlin’s canine underworld. What unfolds is a picaresque tale of misadventure that’s by turns scrappy and sharp.
Join their quest for the perfect filing cabinet, a run-in with guards at the Berlin Wall, and some very ill-advised drinking. Authored and exquisitely illustrated by celebrated artist Walton Ford, it takes place in a pre-unification Berlin that’s evoked with operatic flair and cinematic intensity.
Known for his large-scale watercolors that often explore violence, predation, colonial exploitation, and psychological tension, Ford draws on the precise visual language of 19th-century naturalists like John James Audubon and Karl Bodmer, repurposing the elegance of antique penmanship for contemporary storytelling. Dog-like but recognizably human, these adventures balance slapstick and poetry, the narrative hinting at deeper themes around creativity, power, survival, and natural order. It invites readers to look closely and imagine more.
Expect fights and flights, an emergency with a phone booth, and salvation from a very unexpected guardian angel. Dog Song is not only inspired by Beatrix Potter's tales but also by Iggy Pop and David Bowie's time as flatmates in the Schöneberg neighborhood of West Berlin beginning in 1976. An unforgettable tale told with beauty and bite.
This Art Edition (No. 1–100) includes the aquatint etching Heroes (2026), numbered and signed by Walton Ford. It accompanies Dog Song, a portfolio of loose-leaf folded pages showcasing Ford's original handwritten text and drawings, also numbered and signed by Walton Ford and housed in a clamshell box.
The artist
Walton Ford, born 1960, studied filmmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, but soon realized he was a painter. For the last 30 years he has been creating large-scale narrative watercolors. His work has been widely exhibited, including solo shows at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
Walton Ford. Dog Song. Art Edition No. 1–100, ‘Heroes’, 2026
Edition of 100Six plate aquatint etching, printed by hand on 100% cotton Rives BFK paper using a French-made Ledeuil etching press, 26.5 x 37 cm; portfolio of loose-leaf folded sections in a clamshell box, 26.5 x 37 cm, 108 pages, printed with 7 colors on 100% cotton 240 gm2 Fabriano Tiepolo paper with deckled edgesISBN 978-3-7544-0594-9
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