Study for Barely There

Details

Allen Jones, R.A. (b. 1937)
Study for Barely There
signed and dated 'Allen Jones 67' (lower right)
pencil and coloured crayon
23 x 24¾ in. (58.4 x 62.9 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist, and by descent.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

“The step paintings from the mid-60s develop from the previous series of shelf paintings, the tiled steps with checkerboard pattern ascended from the floor to the bottom of the picture.

The idea for this drawing was to use the perspective of a tiled floor with legs to create the illusion of a shallow space that countered the self-evidently flat surface of the canvas.”

(Allen Jones, May 2014)

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