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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2022 | Christie's | New York | The Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs and Melvin Jacobs | 611 | $****** - ****** | Capella Sextina |
paintings
162.6 x 129.5 cm (64 x 51 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'CPLY 61' (lower left)
Acquired from the artist by the late owners, circa 1965.
New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, Recent Paintings by CPLY, January 1961.
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, CPLY: Recent Paintings by William Copley , May-July 1961.
Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Bill Copley , February 1962 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, David Stuart Gallery, CPLY , July 1964.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, William N. Copley, October-November 1966, no. 23 (illustrated).
Kunsthalle Bern; Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum and Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, William, N. Copley , October 1980-May 1981, no. 35 (illustrated).
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, S weet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection , March-May 2000.
New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, The Long Arm of Coincidence: Selections from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection , April-May 2009 (illustrated).
Houston, The Menil Collection and Milan, Fondazione Prada, William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY, February 2016-February 2017, no. 236 (illustrated).
WILLIAM NELSON COPLEY (1919-1996)
Capella Sextina
signed and dated 'CPLY 61' (lower left)
oil on canvas
64 x 51 in. (162.6 x 130 cm.)
Painted in January 1961
