Darcey Bussell

Details

Allen Jones, R.A. (b. 1937)
Darcey Bussell
oil on canvas
72 x 60 in. (183 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1994.

Provenance

Purchased direct from the artist by the present owner, February 1995.

Literature

A. Lambirth, Allen Jones Works, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2005, p. 81, fig. 77, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1994, no. 37.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

The National Portrait Gallery, London, commissioned Allen Jones to paint a portrait of the ballerina, Darcey Bussell, then Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet, which was unveilled on 23 May 1994. The present work closely relates to that picture.

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