WILLIAM N. COPLEY
1919-1996, United StatesWilliam N. Copley was a painter, writer, gallerist and publisher, along the way charting a vital link between the European Surrealist and the American Pop Art movements. Recent exhibitions include William N. Copley, Drawings (1962 - 1973) at Paul Kasmin Gallery, Finally We Laugh at Galerie Linn Luhn, Düsseldorf, and a retrospective at Museum Frieder Burda in Baden Baden. His work is collected both in private and public collections worldwide. The work of CPLY has been the subject of numerous single artist shows and a traveling retrospective at the Kunsthalle Bern, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and has been exhibited in several important group exhibitions, including documenta 5 and documenta 7.
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