260
William N. Copley
Ohne Titel (Woman with Umbrella), 1965.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 / $ 81,900 Sold:
€ 90,300 / $ 105,651 (incl. surcharge)
260
William N. Copley
Ohne Titel (Woman with Umbrella), 1965.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 / $ 81,900 Sold:
€ 90,300 / $ 105,651 (incl. surcharge)
William N. Copley
1919 - 1996
Ohne Titel (Woman with Umbrella). 1965.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 61 x 76.5 cm (24 x 30.1 in). [AW].
• Copley’s imagery thrives on surreal mystery: whimsical and erotic elements coalesce within a cool, blue palette.
• In the 1960s, he developed his distinctive visual language, blending elements of comics, Pop Art, and Surrealism.
• In 1972 and 1982, he participated in documenta 5 and 7 in Kassel.
• Comparable paintings from the 1960s are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
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: Galerie Klewan, Munich (ca. 1981).
Private collection, Austria.
Private collection, Netherlands (acquired from the above in 2013, Dorotheum, Vienna).
Galerie Friese, Berlin.
Private collection, Germany (since 2019).
EXHIBITION: William N. Copley. Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie Klewan, Munich, Oct. 2–18, 1981 (illustrated in black and white).
See Yourself As Lovers See You. William N. Copley / Dorothy Iannone, Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, Aug. 8, 2023–Jan. 14, 2024 (illustrated on p. 40).
LITERATURE: Dorotheum, Vienna, November 28, 2013, Contemporary Art Part II, lot 1176 (illustrated in color on p. 194).
1919 - 1996
Ohne Titel (Woman with Umbrella). 1965.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 61 x 76.5 cm (24 x 30.1 in). [AW].
• Copley’s imagery thrives on surreal mystery: whimsical and erotic elements coalesce within a cool, blue palette.
• In the 1960s, he developed his distinctive visual language, blending elements of comics, Pop Art, and Surrealism.
• In 1972 and 1982, he participated in documenta 5 and 7 in Kassel.
• Comparable paintings from the 1960s are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
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: Galerie Klewan, Munich (ca. 1981).
Private collection, Austria.
Private collection, Netherlands (acquired from the above in 2013, Dorotheum, Vienna).
Galerie Friese, Berlin.
Private collection, Germany (since 2019).
EXHIBITION: William N. Copley. Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie Klewan, Munich, Oct. 2–18, 1981 (illustrated in black and white).
See Yourself As Lovers See You. William N. Copley / Dorothy Iannone, Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, Aug. 8, 2023–Jan. 14, 2024 (illustrated on p. 40).
LITERATURE: Dorotheum, Vienna, November 28, 2013, Contemporary Art Part II, lot 1176 (illustrated in color on p. 194).
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