Auction 509 Part 1 Evening Sale
Nov 29, 2023
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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LOT 34:

Werner Scholz
William Nelson Copley: Scottish Ms

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Sold for: €75,000
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56,000
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€70,000 - €90,000
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29/11/2023 at VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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William Nelson Copley: Scottish Ms
COPLEY, WILLIAM NELSON
1919 New York - 1996 Key West

Title: Scottish Ms.
Date: 1974.
Technique: Acrylic on canvas.
Measurement: 117 x 89cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: CPLY 74.
Frame/Pedestal: Studio bar.

Provenance:
- CPLY Art Trust, 1976 (label, directly from the artist)
- William N. Copley Estate
- Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (label)
- Collection Prof. Dr. Thomas Olbricht, Essen (acquired from the above in 2010)

Exhibitions:
- Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York 2010
- me Collectors Room, Berlin 2011

Literature:
- Exhibit Cat. William N. Copley, X-Rated, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York 2010, p. 121, ill.

- Characteristic erotic-humorous work from the artist's main oeuvre
- Distinctive colourfulness as evidence of Copley's pioneering role in Pop Art
- William N. Copley is considered a link between Pop Art and Surrealism

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