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Red and Green Baby

Print
1962 (made)
Artist/Maker

Allen Jones was a leading member of the Pop Art movement, which was inspired by, and appropriated much from popular culture, particularly comics, advertising and consumer goods. He studied at Hornsey and the Royal College of Art; at the latter he was a fellow student of David Hockney, R.B. Kitaj, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips who were to become some of the most important British artists of their generation and with whom he shares certain qualities of picture-making. This piece is a relatively early work, made before he had fully developed his characteristic focus on the erotic and fetishism associated with female sexuality. However, this image and its title clearly relate to the idea of romantic or sexual encounter.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleRed and Green Baby (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph on paper
Brief description
Lithograph by Allen Jones entitled 'Red and Green Baby', 1962
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 58cm
  • Sheet width: 70.7cm
Style
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
7/23
Marks and inscriptions
Red and Green Baby 7/23 Allen Jones / 62 (All in pencil)
Subject depicted
Summary
Allen Jones was a leading member of the Pop Art movement, which was inspired by, and appropriated much from popular culture, particularly comics, advertising and consumer goods. He studied at Hornsey and the Royal College of Art; at the latter he was a fellow student of David Hockney, R.B. Kitaj, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips who were to become some of the most important British artists of their generation and with whom he shares certain qualities of picture-making. This piece is a relatively early work, made before he had fully developed his characteristic focus on the erotic and fetishism associated with female sexuality. However, this image and its title clearly relate to the idea of romantic or sexual encounter.
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1963
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.309-1963

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Record createdJune 20, 2008
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