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William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)
Lot 279 PROPERTY FROM THE AHLERS COLLECTION

William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ex-Patriot

Closed2 July 2014

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GBP 32,500

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William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ex-Patriot
signed, titled and dated 'PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG EXPATRIOT cpLY 51' (on the reverse)
oil and passport on canvas
21 3/8 x 28 5/8in. (54 x 72.7cm.)
Executed in 1951

The Hélène Anavi Collection.
Her sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. London, 28 March 1984, lot 67.
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York.
Galerie Manus Presse and Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.