Allen Jones

Allen Jones’ edition Untitled (from Album) (1971) juxtaposes a stylized female figure with a fragmented male portrait in a vivid composition of orange and green. The seated woman, rendered in a vintage pin-up style, contrasts with the brightly coloured, abstracted male face, bringing together two distinct modes of figurative representation.
The work reflects Jones’ characteristic engagement with fashion, sexuality and popular imagery. By juxtaposing the idealized female figure with the fragmented male portrait, he creates a playful tension between glamour, identity and representation. The bold colours, graphic contours and combination of photographic and drawn elements are characteristic of Jones’ Pop Art language.

EUR 1,800

Allen Jones’ edition Leg-Splash (1970), from the portfolio Europäische Graphik VII, isolates a woman’s leg and high-heeled shoe against a vivid yellow ground. The enlarged, fragmented form combines a photographic, textured surface with bold areas of flat colour and expressive splashes of black, reducing the female body to a striking graphic image.

The work reflects Jones’ recurring interest in the female figure, fashion and the visual language of popular culture. By cropping the body and exaggerating its scale, he transforms an erotic image into an ambiguous composition that moves between figuration, abstraction and commercial imagery. Leg-Splash exemplifies the characteristic tension in Jones’ work between photographic realism and simplified, graphic forms.

EUR 1,800

This Allen Jones edition is from Life Class, a portfolio of seven works in which he explores the fragmentation of the female figure through the juxtaposition of abstraction and photorealism. The upper section presents a partially abstracted woman in bold lines and vivid colours, while the lower section focuses on her legs in a more detailed, realistic manner, clad in striking blue stockings against a vibrant orange ground. Originally issued as separate upper and lower sheets in transparent sleeves, the figures could be combined in different configurations, introducing an element of play and variation into the composition. The work reflects Jones’ fascination with the female body, fashion and the visual language of popular culture, while the contrast between the two sections creates a tension between the graphic and the photographic.

EUR 2,500

This edition is part of Allen Jones' Life Class, a portfolio of seven works in which he explores the fragmentation of the female figure through the juxtaposition of abstraction and photorealism. The upper section presents a partially abstracted woman in bold lines and vivid colours, while the lower section focuses on her legs in a more detailed, realistic manner, clad in striking blue stockings against a vibrant orange ground. Originally issued as separate upper and lower sheets in transparent sleeves, the figures could be combined in different configurations, introducing an element of play and variation into the composition. The work reflects Jones’ fascination with the female body, fashion and the visual language of popular culture, while the contrast between the two sections creates a tension between the graphic and the photographic.

EUR 2,500

Allen Jones’ Life Class (1968) edition series explores the fragmentation of the female figure through the juxtaposition of graphic abstraction and more realistic, photographic elements. In this composition, the upper half of the image is dominated by a stylized armchair, while the lower section reveals a woman’s legs emerging from beneath a blue skirt. The striking yellow ground and simplified forms heighten the tension between the familiar domestic object and the fragmented female body.

Originally issued as separate upper and lower sheets in transparent sleeves, the seven images of Life Class could be combined in different configurations, introducing an element of variation and play into the compositions. The series reflects Jones’ fascination with the female figure, fashion and the visual language of popular culture, while its combination of different printing techniques reinforces the contrast between the graphic and the photographic.

EUR 2,500

Allen Jones’ edition Woman (1965) is a key early work in his Pop vocabulary. The image is based on a photograph by Bert Stern of Elizabeth Taylor, but Jones replaces the actress’s face with a large red diamond-shaped form containing two floating pairs of lips. The simplified female body, bold colours and sharply defined forms reflect Jones’ engagement with the visual language of advertising, fashion and popular culture.

The work exemplifies Jones’ interest in the fragmented and idealized female figure. By obscuring the face and isolating the lips as an erotic sign, he transforms the photographic source into a highly stylized image that shifts between portrait, abstraction and commercial imagery. The mandala motif, which recurs in Jones’ work of this period, further adds a symbolic dimension to the image.

EUR 1.800