Lot 7
7
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)

Il est minuit, Docteur

Details
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)
Il est minuit, Docteur
signed and dated 'CPLY 61' (lower right)
oil on canvas
80.5 x 65 cm.
Painted in 1961
Provenance
CPLY Art Trust, New York.
Literature
Copley. Entertainment for men, exh.cat. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1966 (illustrated, p. 5).
Exhibited
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, William N. Copley, 4 October-9 November 1980, cat.no. 38 (illustrated, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, 26 November 1980-11 January 1981 and Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, 24 January-18 February 1981.

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Lot Essay

'I have a very dirty mind. It has brought me neither success nor failure.'
William Nelson Copley quoted in: William N. Copley, exh.cat., Kunsthalle Bern, Bern 1980, unpaged.

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