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b. 1942 -

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    • BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Untitled (Praise Series).
      Apr. 06, 2023

      BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Untitled (Praise Series).

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Untitled (Praise Series). Watercolor on thick wove paper, 2005. 450x330 mm; 17 3/4x13 inches. Signed and dated "12/05" in ink, lower right recto. Signed, titled, dated "12/05", inscribed "Le Habane, Cuba" and "watercolor" in ink, lower right verso. Numbered 5/50 in ink, lower left verso. From the artist's 2001-06 Praise series. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, private collection. Ben Jones's artwork celebrates beauty, spiritualism, dance and music in African and African-American culture. Jones used flourescent colors, sequins, dots and gold star stickers throughout his early paintings and installations. He combined the symbolism of icon painting with the bejewelled look of dance queens - a theme that he first developed in his 1970 painting, The High Priestess of Soul. His 2009 retrospective at the Jersey City Museum of Art, Deliverance, featured a complete survey of this New Jersey artist's work. Jones is best known for his iconic Black Face and Arm Unit, from 1971, now in the permanent collection of the State Museum of New Jersey in Trenton. His 1970 Five Black Face Images was also illustrated the front cover of Elsa Honig Fine's 1973 historical survey The Afro-American Artist.

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    • BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Head.
      Jan. 30, 2020

      BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Head.

      Est: $500 - $750

      BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Head. Watercolor on wove paper, 1969. 300x229 mm; 11 3/4x9 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago.

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    • BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Black Universe.
      Jan. 30, 2020

      BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Black Universe.

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      BEN F. JONES (1941 - ) Black Universe. Mixed media of acrylic, ink and sticker decals on paper, 1970. 444x292 mm; 40x30 inches. Signed and dated "12/70" in ink, lower right. Provenance: the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago. This bold work is a scarce mid-career example of Ben Jones' artwork which celebrates beauty, spiritualism, dance and music in African and African-American culture. Jones used flourescent colors, sequins, dots and gold star stickers throughout his early paintings and installations. He combined the symbolism of icon painting with the bejewelled look of dance queens - a theme that he first developed in his 1970 painting, The High Priestess of Soul. His 2009 retrospective at the Jersey City Museum of Art, Deliverance, featured a complete survey of this New Jersey artist's work. Jones is best known for his iconic Black Face and Arm Unit, from 1971, now in the permanent collection of the State Museum of New Jersey in Trenton. His 1970 Five Black Face Images also illustrated the front cover of Elsa Honig Fine's 1973 historical survey The Afro-American Artist.

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    • BEN JONES (1942 - ) Sing Dinah Sing.
      Jun. 24, 2010

      BEN JONES (1942 - ) Sing Dinah Sing.

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      BEN JONES (1942 - ) Sing Dinah Sing. Assemblage of mixed media, 2008. 444x292 mm; 17 1/2x11 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private New York collection. This work shows Ben Jones's continued interest in a decorative aesthetic that celebrates beauty, spiritualism, dance and music in both African and African-American culture. Sing Dinah Sing combines the gilded look of icon painting with the bejewelled look of dance queens--a theme that goes back to his 1970 painting, The High Priestess of Soul. His recent major retrospective at the Jersey City Museum of Art, Deliverance, featured a complete survey of the New Jersey artist's work. Jones is best known for his iconic Black Face and Arm Unit, from 1971, now in the permanent collection of the State Museum of New Jersey in Trenton. His 1970 Five Black Face Images also illustrated the front cover of Elsa Honig Fine's 1973 The Afro-American Artist.

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