Allen Jones R.A. (British, born 1937)Mezzo Mural, 1995 Oil on MDF, in two panels One panel 172 x 241cm (67 11/16 x 94 7/8in); the other 272 x 207cm (107 1/16 x 81 1/2in)FootnotesCommissioned for Sir Terence Conran's Soho restaurant Mezzo, at 100 Wardour Street, which opened in 1995. The mural was placed on the 'stage' of the downstairs restaurant and acted as a backdrop to music performances throughout the evening. For a preliminary sketch of the design by Allen Jones see picture 3. ©Allen Jones. Courtesy of the artist. Exhibited: Germany, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, solo exhibition, Institut für Kulturaustausch: this exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Tübingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 2012 to September 2013. Literature: O. Letze, M. Livingstone and N. Rosenthal, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, 2012, pp.176-177. D. Sudjic, Terence Conran Making Modern Britain, 2021, p. 141.
Allen Jones R.A. (British, born 1937)Mezzo Mural, 1995 Oil on MDF, in two panels One panel 172 x 241cm (67 11/16 x 94 7/8in); the other 272 x 207cm (107 1/16 x 81 1/2in)FootnotesCommissioned for Sir Terence Conran's Soho restaurant Mezzo, at 100 Wardour Street, which opened in 1995. The mural was placed on the 'stage' of the downstairs restaurant and acted as a backdrop to music performances throughout the evening. For a preliminary sketch of the design by Allen Jones see picture 3. ©Allen Jones. Courtesy of the artist. Exhibited: Germany, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, solo exhibition, Institut für Kulturaustausch: this exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Tübingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 2012 to September 2013. Literature: O. Letze, M. Livingstone and N. Rosenthal, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, 2012, pp.176-177. D. Sudjic, Terence Conran Making Modern Britain, 2021, p. 141.
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