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William Nelson Copley

Lot 583
Bird Shot, 1958
Oil


Lot 583
Bird Shot, 1958
Oil

Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 50,000
Auction: -20 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Köln
Auction: Jun 06, 2024 02:00 PM
Auction number: 517
Auction name: Modern, Post War & Contemporary | Day Sale: Post War

Lot Details
COPLEY, WILLIAM NELSON
1919 New York - 1996 Key West

Title: Bird Shot.
Date: Ca. 1958.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 87.5 x 129cm.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


We are grateful to Mr Anthony Atlas, William N. Copley Estate, New York, for the kind scientific support.

Provenance:
- Estate Max Ernst (since 1976,directly from the artist)
- Collection Dorothea Tanning
- Since then in family ownership


- Former estate of Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning
- Offered on the auction market for the first time
- Exemplary for Copley's contribution to late Surrealism
.
Lot Details
COPLEY, WILLIAM NELSON
1919 New York - 1996 Key West

Title: Bird Shot.
Date: Ca. 1958.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 87.5 x 129cm.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


We are grateful to Mr Anthony Atlas, William N. Copley Estate, New York, for the kind scientific support.

Provenance:
- Estate Max Ernst (since 1976,directly from the artist)
- Collection Dorothea Tanning
- Since then in family ownership


- Former estate of Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning
- Offered on the auction market for the first time
- Exemplary for Copley's contribution to late Surrealism
.

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