Lot 344
344
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)

Pas De Chien

Details
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)
Pas De Chien
signed and dated 'CPLY 94' (lower right); titled 'PAS DE CHIEN' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
35 x 46 1/8in. (89 x 117.2cm.)
Painted in 1994
Provenance
Nolan Eckman Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
William N. Copley, exh. cat., Milan, Fondazione Prada, 2016, p. 378 (illustrated in colour, incorrectly titled, p. 299).

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Lot Essay

‘Humour is a lack of pretension… it is the reminder that we are mortal. Humour is based on ambivalence, on the unexpected, and its role is to ridicule the bad taste inherent in nature. It’s never enough to be impressed by the beauty of anything.’ – William Nelson Copley

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