Four Prints by Denis Bond · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Four Prints by Denis Bond
Description: 2022? Four prints 12" x 8" (image size 10" x 6") for $21.88 each from FineArtAmerica through Etsy. Archival Matte Paper, Nov., '24.

I was first attracted to Bond's "The Man and his Sweethearts" (see below) and then found the other three highly imaginative approaches to standard fables. I will offer a comment on each below.

CP: Is Auntie upset that some bird has requisitioned her pitcher of water?

"Frogs and the Well": Is not the "hero" of this fable the frog lurking at the top, wondering if this plunge is wise?

TH: Perhaps the most surrealist of Bond's fable prints, both in the turtle like a baseball catcher and the head of the horizontal sleeping human. Does the sleeper's position echo that of the column-person underneath his bench?

2W: This print tells the story dramatically. The competitors are nicely contrasted in a number of ways. In the enlarged version (click on the image), notice the hairs on the man's shirt, pants, and jacket.
Date: 2022?
Source: $21.88 each from FineArtAmerica through Etsy. Archival Matte Paper, Nov., '24.
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