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Chair
Details
Allen Jones (B. 1937)
Chair
painted fibreglass, resin, mixed media and tailor made accessories
30 ¾ x 37 ¾ x 22 ½ in. (78 x 96 x 57 cm.)
Executed in 1969, this work is from an edition of six.
Chair
painted fibreglass, resin, mixed media and tailor made accessories
30 ¾ x 37 ¾ x 22 ½ in. (78 x 96 x 57 cm.)
Executed in 1969, this work is from an edition of six.
Provenance
Gunter Sachs Collection (acquired in 1969).
His Sale, Sotheby’s London, 22 May 2012, lot 14.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
His Sale, Sotheby’s London, 22 May 2012, lot 14.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Livingstone, Pop Art: A Continuing History, New York 1990, p. 267, no. 247 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 174).
N. Hodges and N. Robertson (eds.), Allen Jones, London 1993, p. 142 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 30).
J. Heuman, Material Matters: The Conservation of Modern Sculpture, London 1999, fig. 76 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 72; detail illustrated in colour, p. 78).
T. Osterwald, Pop Art, Cologne 1999 (another example from the edition illustrated, p. 48; illustrated in colour, p. 49).
A. Lambirth, Allen Jones: Works, London 2005, fig. 12 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 25; illustrated, p. 11).
G. Sachs, Mein Leben, Munich 2005 (illustrated in colour, p. 385).
N. Hodges and N. Robertson (eds.), Allen Jones, London 1993, p. 142 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 30).
J. Heuman, Material Matters: The Conservation of Modern Sculpture, London 1999, fig. 76 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 72; detail illustrated in colour, p. 78).
T. Osterwald, Pop Art, Cologne 1999 (another example from the edition illustrated, p. 48; illustrated in colour, p. 49).
A. Lambirth, Allen Jones: Works, London 2005, fig. 12 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 25; illustrated, p. 11).
G. Sachs, Mein Leben, Munich 2005 (illustrated in colour, p. 385).
Exhibited
London, Arthur Tooth & Son Gallery, Allen Jones Figures, 1970 (another example from the edition exhibited).
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary British Art, 1970 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated, unpaged).
Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Pop Art, 1992-1993, p. 277, no. 89, pl. 179 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 213).
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Gunter Sachs - Retrospektive, 2003 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Gunter Sachs, 2008 (illustrated in colour, p. 74)
Moscow, Museum Tsaritsyno, Gunter Sachs, 2009 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Tubingen, Kunsthalle, Allen Jones – Off the Wall, 2012-2013, p. 231, no. 2 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 16 and 117). This exhibition later travelled to UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte and Chemnitz,Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Allen Jones RA, 2013-2015, no. 27 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 60).
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, This Was Tomorrow: Pop Art in Great Britain, 2016-2017, p. 412 (another example from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 277).
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary British Art, 1970 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated, unpaged).
Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Pop Art, 1992-1993, p. 277, no. 89, pl. 179 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 213).
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Gunter Sachs - Retrospektive, 2003 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Gunter Sachs, 2008 (illustrated in colour, p. 74)
Moscow, Museum Tsaritsyno, Gunter Sachs, 2009 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Tubingen, Kunsthalle, Allen Jones – Off the Wall, 2012-2013, p. 231, no. 2 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 16 and 117). This exhibition later travelled to UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte and Chemnitz,Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Allen Jones RA, 2013-2015, no. 27 (another example from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 60).
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, This Was Tomorrow: Pop Art in Great Britain, 2016-2017, p. 412 (another example from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 277).
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