Man + Dog

Painter and art historian Nick Wadley—who has curated exhibitions on Kurt Schwitters, Franciszka Themerson, Gaberbocchus Press, and Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi—here turns his attentive and whimsical eye to one of life’s most essential relationships. With deceptive simplicity, and more than a little charm, Wadley’s thoughtful drawings and watercolors depict the age-old relationship between men and dogs in surprising and often hilarious ways. Each illustration in this beautiful little book offers a different take on this infinitely varied relationship.

Nick Wadley on Man + Dog:

When man and dog first met,

it was on an equal footing

as rival hunters, man and wolf.

They have chased each other’s tails ever since.

Painter and art historian Nick Wadley—who has curated exhibitions on Kurt Schwitters, Franciszka Themerson, Gaberbocchus Press, and Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi—here turns his attentive and whimsical eye to one of life’s most essential relationships. With deceptive simplicity, and more than a little charm, Wadley’s thoughtful drawings and watercolors depict the age-old relationship between men and dogs in surprising and often hilarious ways. Each illustration in this beautiful little book offers a different take on this infinitely varied relationship.

Nick Wadley on Man + Dog:

When man and dog first met,

it was on an equal footing

as rival hunters, man and wolf.

They have chased each other’s tails ever since.

Nick Wadley taught art history at Chelsea School of Art, London, from 1962 until 1985. As an art historian, his published books include Noa Noa, Gauguin’s Tahiti and Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing. He has also published books of cartoons and of drawings, and his drawings have accompanied the work of Robert Walser, Tom Whalen, Jasia Reichardt, John Ashbery, Simon Perchik, Lisa Jardine, and others. His own work has been exhibited in London, Buenos Aires, and Warsaw.