
Guilty Sow
1994
A massive, pendulous sow dominates the composition in Walton Ford's characteristically hyper-detailed naturalist style, her hulking form rendered with unsettling psychological weight. Ford infuses the image with his trademark blend of Audubon-esque scientific illustration and dark narrative tension, suggesting a history of violence or transgression lurking beneath the animal's impassive gaze. The oil on wood panel medium lends the work a rich, old-master luminosity that deepens the uneasy relationship between beauty and brutality central to Ford's practice.
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 17, 2017
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