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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 7, 2024 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Contemporary Day Sale | 165 | $****** - ****** | Maltese Falcon |
paintings
114.5 x 147.5 cm (45.08 x 58.07 in)
Acrylic on canvas
Lower right signed "cply" and dated. Titled on the stretcher
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (with the gallery label on the stretcher). Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (acquired from the above in 2010).
• Part of the seminal “X-Rated” exhibition at the New York Cultural Center in 1974, a key event in Copley"s career. • Paintings from the series are at, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Collezione Prada, Milan. • In 1972, two years before this work was made, Copley participated in the Kassel documenta for the first time . This work is registered with the William N. Copley Estate, New York. We are grateful to Anthony Atlas for his kind support in cataloging this lot. CPLY/X-Rated. An Exhibition of New Paintings and Drawings, New York Cultural Center in collaboration with Fairleigh Dickinson University, New York, March 22 - May 19, 1974 (with the typographically inscribed exhibition label on the reverse). William N. Copley. X-Rated, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, November 6 - December 11, 2010, p. 53 (illu.). X-RATED mit William N. Copley und Andreas Slominski, me Collectors Room, Berlin, January 30 - May 8, 2011. William N. Copley, Fondazione Prada, Milan, October 20, 2016 - January 8, 2017, p. 206, cat. no. 418 (ill.). Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 14.59 h +/- 20 min.
William N. Copley
Maltese Falcon
1973.
Acrylic on canvas.
Lower right signed "cply" and dated. Titled on the stretcher. 114.5 x 147.5 cm (45 x 58 in).
• From the celebrated “X-rated” (1972-1975) series, in which Copley combined erotic motifs with the titles of classic Hollywood movies and plays.
