● Author: Jones, Allen

● Publisher: Editions Alecto, London 1966

●In-portfolio 63.7 x 56.8 cm - Containing 5+1 (title page) Original lithographs in colors - shaped Arches paper, including the very rare title page (Lithograph). Allen Jones (1937) British pop artist best known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints. He was awarded the Prix des Jeunes Artistes at the 1963 Paris Biennale. He is a Senior Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 2017 he returned to his home town to receive the award Honorary Doctor of Arts from Southampton Solent University By 1966 Allen Jones had been recognised as one of the foremost young artists of the British Pop Art movement. Hockney was already in California and Jones was asked to make a series of colour lithographs which would express the essence of British Pop , the new art of the everyday world. He chose the iconic red London Bus which had become the symbol of daily London life. Taking the universally known shape of the double-decker bus he simplified and modified it to become a symbol. Drawn at the outstanding Los Angeles lithography studio Tamarind and printed in an edition of just 20 copies, signed and numbered. A Fleet of Buses became one of the most admired prints of the British Pop era. In the original portfolio (slipcase). In Very good condition