Jonathan Anderson Limited Edition Pigeon Button Brooch

Jonathan Anderson Limited Edition Pigeon Button Brooch

Jonathan Anderson
Pigeon, 2023
Jesmonite, airbrushed, with a brooch fitting
Dimensions 55 x 70mm
Single button, in an edition of 250

Each button has been hand sewn onto an A5 card, numbered, dated and signed by the artist and presented in a bespoke box designed by A Practice for Everyday Life.

Jonathan Anderson has reimagined his iconic pigeon clutch bag for JW Anderson in the form of a button. Each miniature pigeon is hand-crafted in jesmonite – an environmentally friendly material made from acrylic resin. They are then individually airbrushed in vibrant colours reminiscent of graffiti. Anderson’s lively pigeon is a subversive and original image of urban life, straddling the line between art, design and fashion.

For Anderson, pigeons are potent symbols of the metropolitan landscape. He says: ‘Fashion has this great way of allowing us to escape reality. Pigeons are so inherently unglamorous, it’s funny to turn it into a functional object like a clutch bag that’s typically seen as quite glamorous.’ The clutch bag also has art historical resonance with Lucian Freud’s work on paper, Boy with a Pigeon (1944) in which an adolescent boy in a blue suit and spotty bowtie holds a pigeon to his chest.

Please note due to the handmade nature of this item, please expect some variation in colour and/or finish to those pictured.

Part of the Artist Buttons project by Kettle’s Yard

Important information

This item is being sold as part of Artists for Kettle’s Yard, an exhibition raising money for the Jim & Helen Ede Fund. We aim to dispatch all artworks within 2 weeks of purchase using DHL signed and tracked service. You will receive a notification by email once your order is dispatched. Alternatively, the artwork can be collected from Kettle's Yard. Please contact afky@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk to arrange a collection date, or if you have any other queries regarding your order.

Please note purchases of limited edition artworks must not exceed £8,500 per customer. We reserve the right to cancel any order(s) exceeding this amount.