The Entertainers

Details

Allen Jones, R.A. (b. 1937)
The Entertainers
signed and dated 'Allen Jones/85.' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
60 x 60 in. (152.5 x 152.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Waddington Galleries, London, as 'Struggling', where purchased by Patrice Trigano, 1985.
His sale; Christie's, Paris, 5 July 2005, lot 306, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

'In 1982 I noticed how two contrasting colours, painted on the surface of a form, could visually take precedence over the actual edge of the sculpture itself.

The Entertainers, 1985, is a visual discourse between the inherent simplicity of my cut out steel sculptures and the complexity possible when painting the figures on canvas.

They are different visual languages interacting with each other - that's what I call entertainment' (Allen Jones, May 2016).

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