Bidspirit auction | William Nelson Copley: ”Le Roi

William Nelson Copley: ”Le Roi des Poivreaux” - COPLEY, WILLIAM NELSON 1919 New York - 1996 Key West Title: ”Le Roi des Poivreaux”. Date: 1957. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 114 x 161,5cm. Notation: Titled, signed and dated verso lower right: LE ROI DES POIVREAUX Cply 57. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. We are grateful to Anthony Atlas, William N. Copley Estate, New York, for his kind scientific support. Provenance: - Hélène Anavi Collection, Paris - Sotheby's, London, auction 28th March 1984, lot 68 - Private collection Switzerland Exhibitions: - Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne 2010 Literature: - Exhib. cat. La Maison et l'Infini, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne 2010, pp. 72 and 73, ill. - Rarely published key work from William N. Copley's Paris years - Painting at the interface between Surrealism and Pop - A hidden homage to the Belgian surrealist René Magritte Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.   Explanations to the Catalogue William Nelson Copley USA Surrealism Pop Art Post-War Art Post War 1950s Framed Man Painting Oil