Modern, Post War & Contemporary, Evening Sale
| Auction | 05.06.2024
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31.05.2024 -
02.06.2024
Lot was sold
Lot 26 | William Nelson Copley | Horse Fair
Estimate
60.000
- 80.000
€
D F
Result:
(incl. premium)
132.000 €
COPLEY, WILLIAM NELSON
1919 New York - 1996 Key West
Title: Horse Fair.
Date: 1955.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 97,5 x 145cm.
Notation: Signed and dated within the depiction upper right: CPLY 55.
We are grateful to Mr Anthony Atlas, William N. Copley Estate, New York, for his kind, scientific support.
Provenance:
- Estate of Max Ernst (since 1976, directly from the artist)
- Dorothea Tanning Collection
- Since then in family possession
- Early work from his important Paris period
- From the estate of the artist's friend Max Ernst
- Offered on the international auction market for the first time
- Characteristic of Copley's provocative and ironic approach to social values
1919 New York - 1996 Key West
Title: Horse Fair.
Date: 1955.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 97,5 x 145cm.
Notation: Signed and dated within the depiction upper right: CPLY 55.
We are grateful to Mr Anthony Atlas, William N. Copley Estate, New York, for his kind, scientific support.
Provenance:
- Estate of Max Ernst (since 1976, directly from the artist)
- Dorothea Tanning Collection
- Since then in family possession
- Early work from his important Paris period
- From the estate of the artist's friend Max Ernst
- Offered on the international auction market for the first time
- Characteristic of Copley's provocative and ironic approach to social values
Contact:
Robert van den Valentyn
Partner & Abteilungsleiter
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221 92 58 62 300
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221 92 58 62 300
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VAT margin scheme, VAT included, but must not be indicated, not refundable
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
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plus artist resale right fee of 1.5% on the hammer price up to € 200,000
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Stock Id: 77890-3