William N. Copley - Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York New York Monday, September 23, 2024 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Merida Gallery, Louisville
    Private Collection, Florida
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Louisville, Merida Gallery, William CPLY, October 3–16, 1969

  • Artist Biography

    William N. Copley

    American • 1919 - 1996

    William N. Copley, also known by the name of CPLY, drew attention to himself in the late 1940s by fusing elements of Surrealism and Pop Art.  Copley focused on symbols of American pop culture—staples of American society including pin-up girls, cowboys and the flag—and transformed them into more accessible, universal icons that could appeal to both men and women without bias.

    In the '70s, Copley distinguished himself from the rest of the Surrealists by attempting to represent the tumultuous relationship between erotic and pornographic symbolism. He celebrated the female body, sexual freedom and, most of all, the promiscuity of America.

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Untitled

signed and dated "CPLY 64" lower left
ink on paper
18 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (47.9 x 60.6 cm)
Executed in 1964.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $13,970

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