ID 990224
Lot 176 | WILLIAM NELSON COPLEY (1919-1996)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Leda
signed and dated 'CPLY 62' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 25 1/2in. (81 x 64.9cm.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Anon. sale, Christie’s New York, 10 March 2011, lot 141.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Hanover Gallery, WN Copley: Paintings, 1963, p. 16, no. 14, unpaged.
Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, Les Suffragettes: Erotiques de Bill Copley, 1963.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Copley, 2012-2013, p. 240 (illustrated in colour, p. 62). This exhibition later travelled to Brühl, Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR and Hanover, Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte /Kestner Pro Arte.
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| Artist: | William Nelson Copley (1919 - 1996) |
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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | William Nelson Copley (1919 - 1996) |
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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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