Allen Jones Furniture
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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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Allen Jones Furniture
Plastic, Paper
Late 20th Century German Modern Allen Jones Furniture
Metal
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1970s German Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Allen Jones Furniture
Wood
1970s British Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
Canvas, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Allen Jones Furniture
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1970s German Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1990s North American Mid-Century Modern Allen Jones Furniture
Rosewood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Allen Jones Furniture
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1990s Allen Jones Furniture
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Allen Jones Furniture
Stainless Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1990s Italian Allen Jones Furniture
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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Late 20th Century French Modern Allen Jones Furniture
Glass
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1990s British Allen Jones Furniture
Oak
1960s English Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
Acrylic
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
Metal, Brass
1970s American Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1960s German Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Allen Jones Furniture
Plastic, Paper
1970s British Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
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1960s British Vintage Allen Jones Furniture
Fiberglass