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William N. Copley
Gang Bust, 1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,900 - 105,300
218
William N. Copley
Gang Bust, 1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,900 - 105,300
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.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 15.37 h +/- 20 min.
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.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 15.37 h +/- 20 min.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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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