Dancing Couple

Details

Allen Jones, R.A. (b. 1937)
Dancing Couple
painted steel
87½ in. (222.2 cm.) high
Conceived in 1988, this work is unique and one of three colour variations.

Provenance

with Waddington Galleries, London.
with Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Palm Beach, 1993.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 7 March 2014, lot 69, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones: New Sculpture, London, Waddington Galleries, 1988, p. 29, illustrated.

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. This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storage are set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots are not available for collection at weekends.

Brought to you by

Albany Bell

abell@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2738

Lot Essay

'I have used the same motif on a much larger scale (22 feet tall), exhibited outside the RA when I had my Retrospective and now in a private UK collection' (Allen Jones, May 2017).

More from Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale

View All