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William N. Copley
Gang Bust, 1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Post auction sale: € 70,000 / $ 81,900
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William N. Copley
Gang Bust, 1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Post auction sale: € 70,000 / $ 81,900
William N. Copley
1919 - 1996
Gang Bust. 1994.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed "cply" and dated in the lower right. 81.5 x 101.7 cm (32 x 40 in).
•Distinctive style: a fusion of American pop art, European surrealism, and a narrative, cartoon-like aesthetic.
•Humor, provocation, and storytelling: Copley's narrative imagery plays with taboos and social conventions.
• Since the 1960s, his paintings have featured motifs from the “Wild West”, one of the core genres of American cinema.
• Other paintings from the 1990s are part of, among others, the collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden.
• Most recently, his paintings were part of major exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art / ICA, Miami (2018/2019) and in the Philara Collection in Düsseldorf (2023/2024).
This work is registered in the archives of the William N. Copley Estate, New York. We are grateful to Anthony Atlas for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Joan and Roger Sonnabend Collection, Boston, Massachusetts.
Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Private collection, New York.
EXHIBITION: Gang Bust. William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock, Inc., April 11–June 22, 2013 (with illustrations).
William Copley. Paintings and Mirrors, Michael Fuchs Gallery, Berlin, June 12–July 26, 2014.
1919 - 1996
Gang Bust. 1994.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed "cply" and dated in the lower right. 81.5 x 101.7 cm (32 x 40 in).
•Distinctive style: a fusion of American pop art, European surrealism, and a narrative, cartoon-like aesthetic.
•Humor, provocation, and storytelling: Copley's narrative imagery plays with taboos and social conventions.
• Since the 1960s, his paintings have featured motifs from the “Wild West”, one of the core genres of American cinema.
• Other paintings from the 1990s are part of, among others, the collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden.
• Most recently, his paintings were part of major exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art / ICA, Miami (2018/2019) and in the Philara Collection in Düsseldorf (2023/2024).
This work is registered in the archives of the William N. Copley Estate, New York. We are grateful to Anthony Atlas for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Joan and Roger Sonnabend Collection, Boston, Massachusetts.
Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Private collection, New York.
EXHIBITION: Gang Bust. William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock, Inc., April 11–June 22, 2013 (with illustrations).
William Copley. Paintings and Mirrors, Michael Fuchs Gallery, Berlin, June 12–July 26, 2014.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for William N. Copley "Gang Bust"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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