Live Auction 784920th Century British & Irish Art
Allen Jones, R.A. (b. 1937)
Lot 71

Allen Jones, R.A. (b. 1937)

Darcey Bussell

Closed27 May 2010

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GBP 25,000

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Allen Jones, R.A. (b. 1937)
Darcey Bussell
oil on canvas
72 x 60 in. (183 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1994.

Purchased direct from the artist by the present owner, February 1995.

Specialist note

The National Portrait Gallery, London, commissioned Allen Jones to paint a portrait of the ballerina, Darcey Bussell, then Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet, which was unveilled on 23 May 1994. The present work closely relates to that picture.