British Pop artist Allen Jones is no stranger to controversy. In 1970, his group of erotic life-sized fiberglass sculptures Hatstand, Table and Chair — sexually suggestive hyperrealistic models of women transformed into pieces of furniture — made headlines, provoked outrage and was met with intense scrutiny by art critics. Despite the condemnation — or perhaps partly owing to it — his work has sold for millions of dollars at auction, and while Jones’s figurative paintings, prints and sculptures have courted negative publicity, there is no question that his work is provocative and coveted by some collectors.
Born in Southampton in 1937, Jones attended the Royal College of Art alongside classmates R. B. Kitaj and David Hockney. While the school expelled Jones after one year, his work was included in the “Young Contemporaries” exhibition of 1961 — regarded as the birth of the British Pop art movement. Then, in 1963, Jones won the Prix des Jeunes Artistes at the Paris Biennale.
After moving to New York in 1964, Jones began experimenting with sexual imagery and erotic figures. He endeavored to explore complex relationships between men and women, and placed a specific focus on the female form in his nude sculptures and abstract paintings. While the era gave way to works by Jones that were especially sexually charged, his body of work also came to include colorful lithographic prints that drew on fashion design and cabaret.
Jones’s works have been exhibited extensively throughout the U.K., Europe and elsewhere around the world, including shows in London, Zurich, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Shanghai and St. Louis. In 2015, the Royal College of Art staged a large retrospective of his work. Jones’s pieces are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Shoe Etching by Allen Jones, Signed, Lithograph, 1968, 96/100, Framed
By Allen Jones
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Allen Jones (b.1937) Shoe 1968 Etching 96/100 21.6 x 16.0 cm Frame: 50.5 x 40.5 cm Signed Allen Jones studied at Hornsey College of Art from 1955 to 1959 and the Royal College of Ar...
Lithograph
$3,750
Large Bus by Allen Jones classic British 1960s pop art in bright primary colors
By Allen Jones
Located in New York, NY
This large Allen Jones lithograph is printed exuberantly in primary colors. A swath of bright red brushstrokes represents the side of a bus. In the upper left, small windows reveal the passengers: a woman’s face is cut off above her vampy red lips, and a blue-haired man’s face is hidden. Royal blue fills the upper right corner of the composition, giving the impression of looking up at a passing bus against the cloudless sky. One can imagine Jones was thinking of the iconic red double decker bus the AEC Routemaster, first introduced in London in 1954. In the 1960s buses were a living symbol of familiar and new technology coexisting: as David Bucken put it, “In and around London a midpoint change on a journey might involve alighting from an RT bus, of which production had started just prior to World War II, and getting on one of the sexy new Routemasters.” In the artist’s words: “The whole problem as a figurative artist was that it was going against the main march of modernism, which was towards abstraction. But here was a way of making the subject you were painting the same as the object you were painting on. By making the canvas a rhomboid, and putting little wheels on it, you have a schematic version of a vehicle, in this case a London bus.” Jones plays with the space between abstraction and figuration: windowed passengers, elaborated with just a few lines and placed adjacent to a weighty red ground of brushstrokes, easily convey the form of a bus, yet the print also conveys Jones’ visceral, painterly delight in color play. Four color lithograph on wove paper Paper 28.5 x 42.5 / 72.4 X 108 cm Wood frame 31 x 46 x 2 in. / 78.75 x 117 x 5 cm with 1 in. moulding Signed by the artist lower right in pencil, labeled Trial Proof lower left in pencil. Edition 20. Printed at Tamarind Los Angeles with Clifford Smith...
Lithograph
Chest (1968) Sculpture by Allen Jones
By Allen Jones
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Allen Jones (1937) Chest (1968) Sculpture. Silkscreen print on fiberglass published by Xartcollection 14 3/5 × 10 1/5 × 4 7/10 in 37 × 26 × 12 cm An iconic example of Jones's early w...
Fiberglass
Allen Jones, Catwalk Fragment - 1998, Etching, British Pop Art, Signed Print
By Allen Jones
Located in Hamburg, DE
Allen Jones (English, b. 1937) Catwalk Fragment, 1998 Medium: Etching on paper Dimensions: 53.5 × 38 cm (21 1/10 × 15 in) Edition of 150: Hand-signed and numbered Condition: Excellent
Etching
$14,342
Acrobat
By Allen Jones
Located in Zug, CH
ALLEN JONES (1937) Acrobat 1993 Acrylic on wood 70 x 36 x 30 cm 27.55 x 14.17 x 11.81 inches Number 16 of 22 Signed, dated and numbered on the base "allenjones '93 16/22"
Wood, Acrylic
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Allen Jones 1984 "High Society" Lithograph 43/45
By Allen Jones
Located in Berlin, DE
Original lithograph. Allen Jones "High Society". From first owner. Numbered and signed. Dimensions including original frame.
Lithograph
Three in One
By Allen Jones
Located in Zug, CH
ALLEN JONES (1937) Three in One 1971 Color serigraphy 48.5 x 46 cm 19.09 x 18.11 inches Number 70 of 75 Signed and dated on the lower right
Paper
Shoe Box (Title Page)
By Allen Jones
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shoe Box (Title Page) From: Shoe Box-Exotic (Sculpture and seven original lithographs) Published by the artist and Peterssburg Press Edition: 200 of which t...
Screen
$8,440
Impromptu, 1981 - Large Red and Blue Diptych Abstract Print, Across Two Frames
By Allen Jones
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Allen Jones is an English painter, sculptor and printmaker. He studied at Hornsey College of Art, London (1955-9, 1960-61), spending 1959-60 at the Royal College of Art, where he ...
Lithograph
Shoe Box (D)
By Allen Jones
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shoe Box (D) Lithograph printed on BFK Rives Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos) From: Shoe Box-Exotic (Sculpture and seven original li...
Lithograph
Shoe Box (C)
By Allen Jones
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shoe Box (C) From: Shoe Box-Exotic (Sculpture and seven original lithographs) Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos) Lithograph printed on ...
Lithograph
Take it from the top
By Allen Jones
Located in London, GB
Allen Jones Take it from the Top (Lloyd 86), 1982 Lithograph on BFK Rives wove paper 28 1/2 × 37 1/10 in 72.5 × 94.2 cm Edition of 75
Lithograph
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Man Losing his Head and Hat
By Allen Jones
Located in Zug, CH
A Unique sculpture by Allen Jones, one of the very few variations on the theme, made in a forge and painted differently then other variations on the theme.
Steel
Price Upon Request
Legs
By Allen Jones
Located in London, GB
Published by the Welsh Arts Council, screenprinted by Priestleys.
$7,768
H 66.93 in W 31.5 in D 19.69 in
Outdoor Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso with Base
Located in Rome, IT
This reproduction of a classical Hellenistic sculpture, a timeless piece for interior and a garden decoration. Measurement: Torso cm 100 base cm 70.
Limestone
after Henri Matisse - Acrobat
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Henri Matisse - Acrobat Edition of 200 with the printed signature, as issued 76 x 56 With stamp of the Succession Matisse References : Artvalue - Succession Matisse
Lithograph
$31,912
H 35.44 in W 25.01 in D 0.04 in
Grand Maternity - Handsigned - (after) Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Maternity (Grande Maternité) 1963 Offset Lithograph on Paper Signed and Dated Handsigned in Pencil Numbered: 73/200 90 x 63,5 cm Publisher : Edition...
Lithograph
SQUEAK VAN BRITTO
By Romero Britto
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint on gesso board. Hand signed and numbered. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition of 30. All reasonable offers will be conside...
Gesso, Board, Screen
$537Sale Price|50% Off
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in
Nu de Dos au Tabouret, 1993 Lithograph on Paper, Expressionist, Signed
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Nu de dos au tabouret, 1993 Lithographie sur papier Arches, Justifiée Signée en bas à droite 76 x 56 cm CR Jansem, 1993, n°88 "Dans mes dernières litho...
Lithograph, Paper
Still Life with Hans Maler Pop Art Serigraph Hand Signed
By Josef Levi
Located in Surfside, FL
On deckle edged watermarked Arches French paper. hand signed in pencil, dated and numbered. the edition size is 175. there are three states of the same image image each with increasing detail and color. This is just for the one in the photo. Josef Alan Levi (1938) is an American artist whose works range over a number of different styles, but which are unified by certain themes consistently present among them. Josef Levi began his artistic career in the 1960s and early '70s, producing highly abstract and very modernist pieces: these employing exotic materials such as light fixtures and metallic parts. By 1975, Levy had transitioned to painting and drawing still lifes. At first these were, traditionally, of mundane subjects. Later, he would depict images from art history, including figures originally created by the Old Masters. Around 1980, he made another important shift, this time toward creating highly precise, though subtly altered reproductions of pairs of female faces which were originally produced by other artists. It is perhaps this work for which he is most well known. Since around 2000, Josef Levi has changed the style of his work yet again: now he works entirely with computers, using digital techniques to abstract greatly from art history, and also from other sources. Levi's works of art in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, the National Gallery of Art, and the Albright-Knox Museum, among many others. Levi's art has been featured on the cover of Harper's Magazine twice, once in June 1987, and once in May 1997. Josef Levi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Connecticut, where he majored in fine arts and minored in literature. From 1959 to 1960, he served to a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and from 1960 through 1967 he was in the U.S. Army Reserves. In 1966, he received the Purchase Award from the University of Illinois in 1966, and he was featured in New Talent U.S.A. by Art in America. He was an artist in residence at Appalachian State University in 1969, taught at Farleigh Dickenson University in 1971 and was a visiting professor of art at Pennsylvania State University in 1977. From 1975 to 2007, Levi resided in New York City. He now lives in an apartment in Rome, where he is able to paint with natural light as he was unable in New York. From 1959 to 1960, Josef took some courses of Howard McParlin Davis and Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University which initiated him into the techniques of reproducing the works of the Old Masters. His first works, created in the 1960s, were wood and stone sculptures of women. His first mature works were abstract pieces, constructed of electric lights and steel. In 1970, Levi's materials included fluorescent light bulbs, Rust-Oleum and perforated metal in addition to paint and canvas. By 1980, Josef Levi's art had transformed into a very specific form: a combination of reproductions of female faces which were originally depicted by other artists. The faces which he reproduces may be derived from either portraits or from small portions of much larger works; they are taken from paintings of the Old Masters, Japanese ukiyo-e, and 20th-century art. Artists from whom he has borrowed include: Vermeer, Rembrandt, Piero della Francesca, Botero, Matisse, Utamaro, Correggio, Da Vinci, Picasso, Chuck Close, Max Beckmann, Pisanello, Lichtenstein. The creation of these works is informed by Levi's knowledge and study of art history. Josef Levi's paintings from this period are drawn, then painted on fine linen canvas on wooden stretchers. The canvas is coated with twenty-five layers of gesso in order to produce a smooth surface on which to work. The drawing phase takes at least one month. Levi seals the drawing with acrylic varnish, and then he may apply layers of transparent acrylic in order to approximate the look of old paintings. After the last paint is applied, another layer of acrylic varnish is sprayed on to protect the work. Most of the figures in his contemporary pieces are not paired with any others. SELECTED COLLECTIONS MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, NY ALBRIGHT- KNOX GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY ALDRICH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, RIDGEFIELD, CT NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, DC BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, BROOKLYN, NY SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON, DC CORCORAN GALLERY, WASHINGTON, DC UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME ART...
Lithograph, Screen
$4,800
H 20 in W 48 in D 3.5 in
Blue Books: Abstract Geometric 3D Wood Wall Sculpture in Blue, Grey, White
By Stephen Walling
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture resembling stacked books in blue, grey, and white "Blue Books", hand-carved wooden wall sculpture ...
Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$24,203Sale Price|22% Off
H 22.84 in W 13 in D 10.24 in
Modern Pop Art Dita Mel Ramos Stainless Steel Nude Sculpture
By Mel Ramos
Located in Zug, CH
MEL RAMOS (1935-2018) Dita 2017 Cast and polished stainless steel 58 x 33 x 26 cm 22.83 x 12.99 x 10.24 inches Number 29 of 60, Edition of 60 + 6 A.P. Cast signature and number on b...
Stainless Steel
$1,500
H 18.75 in W 14.5 in D 2.75 in
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Spomenick
By Scott Troxel
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made by ipe, cherry, mahogany, walnut, boat nails, acrylic & reclaimed suede Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions ...
Acrylic, Mahogany, Walnut
$1,254
H 29.93 in W 21.26 in
Petite danseuse aux cheveux défaits, 1991, original lithograph by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Petite danseuse aux cheveux défaits, 1991 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à droite 66 x 47 cm / 76 x 54 cm Imprime...
Lithograph
$2,800
H 38.6 in W 44 in
Claes Oldenburg, "Houseball with Fallen Toy Bear", Signed/N Pop Art Lithograph
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Houseball with Fallen Toy Bear, 2013 Color lithograph on Japanese watercolor paper Hand signed and numbered 21/50 by Claes Oldenburg on the front 38 3/5 × 44 inches U...
Lithograph
$3,900
H 24 in W 42 in D 2 in
Piquant: Abstract Geometric 3D Wooden Wall Sculpture in Red, Pink, Peach, Maroon
By Stephen Walling
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in bright hues of red, peach, pink, maroon, white and beige Piquant, hand-carved wooden wall sculpture by Hudson Valley artis...
Wood, Dye, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 47 in W 31 in D 1.5 in
Allen Jones - Red Feat (Lloyd, 73) Signed/N silkscreen British Pop Art, Framed
By Allen Jones
Located in New York, NY
Rare coveted silkscreen in museum quality frame: Allen Jones Red Feat (Lloyd, 73), 1976 Lithograph on Arches paper Hand signed, dated and numbered 49/60 in pencil recto, with Landfal...
Lithograph
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H 19.3 in W 25.2 in
Allen Jones (b.1937) - 20th Century Lithograph, Runnymede
By Allen Jones
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful abstract by the artist Allen Jones (b.1937) featuring expressive marks and pastel hues. Signed and titled to the lower margin. Well presented in a whitewashed frame. On ...
Lithograph
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H 10.24 in W 8.19 in
Allen Jones, Performance in Print - Pop Art, British Art, Signed Print
By Allen Jones
Located in Hamburg, DE
Allen Jones (British, born 1937) Performance in Print, 2020 Medium: Fine-Art-Giclée-Print on Hahnemühle Agave 290gsm with Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1996–2020 – Volume II Dimen...
Giclée
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H 21.26 in W 25.2 in
Allen Jones (b.1937) - 20th Century Lithograph, Runnymede
By Allen Jones
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and titled. Presented in a contemporary wooden frame. Blind Stamped. On paper.
Lithograph
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H 6 in W 9 in
British Pop: Mail Order, for Culture Carriers Stamp Out Art (Lt Ed Signed stamp)
By Allen Jones
Located in New York, NY
ALLEN JONES Mail Order, for Culture Carriers Stamp Out Art, from The Collection of Art Critic Anthony Haden-Guest, 1971 Lithograph mounted on franked envelope of wove paper (Hand Signed) 6 × 9 inches Edition of 250 (unnumbered) Hand signed in blue ink by Allen Jones with his initials on the lower left of the lithographic stamp, affixed to the envelope. Unframed As a consequence of the prolonged strike by the Royal Mail postal workers in the United Kingdom, Allen Jones, along with a group of top British Pop artists of the era including David Hockney, Eduardo Paolozzi, Derek Boshier, the poet/activist Christopher Logue and Richard Hamilton, published ''Culture Carriers Stamp Out Art''to raise funds for the striking workers. The "stamps" were published in a limited edition of only 250 each (some artists, like Paolozzi and Allen Jones created more than one design), with the artists signing each by hand in blue ink with his initials on the lower right. Allen Jones "Mail Order" is an especially clever take on the project; it is at once a postage stamp (hence the title "Mail Order"), but it also refers to the popular mail order catalogues of the era. It was a particular preoccupation of Jones, who, separately, created a large lithograph called "Janet is Wearing" -- referring to his wife Janet, but playing upon the advertising jargon of the day, used in mail order catalogues. For this particular project - creating a stamp to raise money for mail carriers...
Lithograph, Ink, Mixed Media, Offset
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H 6 in W 9 in
Historic Lt Edition: Culture Carriers Stamp Out Art (Hand Signed by Allen Jones)
By Allen Jones
Located in New York, NY
ALLEN JONES Culture Carriers Stamp Out Art (Hand Signed), from the collection of art critic Anthony Haden Guest, 1971 Lithograph mounted on franked (s...
Lithograph, Ink, Mixed Media, Offset
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H 6.5 in W 2.56 in D 2.37 in
Shining (1993) Limited Edition Sculpture by Allen Jones
By Allen Jones
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Allen Jones (1937) Shining (1993) Sculpture. Painted cast metal. 16.5 x 6.5 x 6 cm weight 0.96 Kg (approximately 2 lb) An iconic example of Allen Jones's early work, drawing on his ...
Metal
Chest (1968) Sculpture by Allen Jones
By Allen Jones
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Allen Jones (1937) Chest (1968) Sculpture. Silkscreen print on fiberglass published by Xartcollection 14 3/5 × 10 1/5 × 4 7/10 in 37 × 26 × 12 cm An iconic example of Jones's early w...
Fiberglass
Cabin by the River, Autumn Landscape with Stone Bridge
By Allen Jones
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful impressionist oil painting depicting a cabin near a stone bridge and river, with colorful autumn trees in the background by Al Jones. Signed "Al...
Canvas, Oil
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H 33 in W 23 in
Vintage Allen Jones poster Galerie Mikro '69 pop art retro red British bus
By Allen Jones
Located in New York, NY
Original poster produced for Allen Jones 1969 exhibition at Galerie Mikro, Berlin. The imagery featured is A Fleet of Buses (1966), picturing a group of quintessentially British red ...
Offset
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H 28 in W 10 in D 10 in
Juggler II, Sculpture, Pop Art, Contemporary Art, 20th Century
By Allen Jones
Located in Hamburg, DE
Allen Jones (English, b. 1937) Juggler II, 1996 Medium: Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 71.1 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm (28 × 10 × 10 in) Edition of 8: Hand signed, numbered and dated, on bottom. ...
Wood, Acrylic
Woman Splash
By Allen Jones
Located in Kansas City, MO
Allen Jones Title: Woman Splash Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Japanese paper Edition: XXXV/XXXV Signed in Pencil Size: 26 x 20 inches Publication: From portfolio Europaische G...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph