Lot 278 
Raumbeispiel
278
William N. Copley
Black Rose of Texas, 1962.
Oil, lace and stamps on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 46,400 Sold:
€ 54,180 / $ 62,848 (incl. surcharge)
William N. Copley
1919 - 1996
Black Rose of Texas. 1962.
Oil, lace and stamps on canvas.
Titled on the reverse of the stretcher. 76 x 102 cm (29.9 x 40.1 in). [AW].
• A fascinating interplay of materiality, ornamentation, and color.
• In the 1960s, Copley found his distinctive visual language of round and sweeping forms, a contour style reminiscent of comic book drawings, and mostly faceless figures.
• William N. Copley participated in the Kassel documenta in 1972 and 1982.
• His works are in, among others, the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
The present work is registered in the archive of the William N. Copley Estate, New York. We are grateful to Anthony Atlas for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's collection ( with a label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York.
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris (acquired from the above in 1988).
Galerie Renate Fassbender, Munich.
Private collection, southern Germany (from the above).
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich.
Galerie Friese, Berlin (acquired from the above around 2012).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 2016).
EXHIBITION: William Copley, Louisiana Gallery, Houston, Texas, January 16 to February 1965, cat. no. 21.
CPLY: A Retrospecplytive, Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York, May 12 to June 13, 1981.
CPLY, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, December 5–30, 1988, cat. no. 8 (with illu.).
William N. Copley: Works 1948–1983, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, April 27–May 25, 2012, pp. 22f. (with illu. on p. 23).
1919 - 1996
Black Rose of Texas. 1962.
Oil, lace and stamps on canvas.
Titled on the reverse of the stretcher. 76 x 102 cm (29.9 x 40.1 in). [AW].
• A fascinating interplay of materiality, ornamentation, and color.
• In the 1960s, Copley found his distinctive visual language of round and sweeping forms, a contour style reminiscent of comic book drawings, and mostly faceless figures.
• William N. Copley participated in the Kassel documenta in 1972 and 1982.
• His works are in, among others, the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
The present work is registered in the archive of the William N. Copley Estate, New York. We are grateful to Anthony Atlas for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's collection ( with a label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York.
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris (acquired from the above in 1988).
Galerie Renate Fassbender, Munich.
Private collection, southern Germany (from the above).
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich.
Galerie Friese, Berlin (acquired from the above around 2012).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 2016).
EXHIBITION: William Copley, Louisiana Gallery, Houston, Texas, January 16 to February 1965, cat. no. 21.
CPLY: A Retrospecplytive, Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York, May 12 to June 13, 1981.
CPLY, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, December 5–30, 1988, cat. no. 8 (with illu.).
William N. Copley: Works 1948–1983, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, April 27–May 25, 2012, pp. 22f. (with illu. on p. 23).
278
William N. Copley
Black Rose of Texas, 1962.
Oil, lace and stamps on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 46,400 Sold:
€ 54,180 / $ 62,848 (incl. surcharge)
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