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William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)
Lot 344

William Nelson Copley (1919-1996)

Pas De Chien

Closed5 October 2018

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GBP 100,000

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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

Nolan Eckman Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘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