Hermaphrodite head

A key figure in British pop art, Allen Jones looked at new ways to represent the figure. In the mid 1960s his paintings became increasingly volumetric with the addition of three-dimensional elements, resulting in the works he is best known for: controversial life-size erotic female-figures-as-furniture sculptures – 'Chair', 'Table' and 'Hatstand' 1969

Throughout his prolific career, Jones has worked across the mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking. Producing his first prints while at art school in the late 1950s, printmaking has been an integral and consistent part of his artistic practice. This vibrant and colourful lithograph is an early example of a favourite theme, the intermingling of the sexes. Jones’ hermaphrodite works feature men and women morphing into a single being, often, as in the example here, also portraying sexual encounters.