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This picture shows the following artwork: William N. Copley. ”The 69 Steps”. 1973.
This picture shows the following artwork: William N. Copley. ”The 69 Steps”. 1973.
This picture shows the following artwork: William N. Copley. ”The 69 Steps”. 1973.
This picture shows the following artwork: William N. Copley. ”The 69 Steps”. 1973.
This picture shows the following artwork: William N. Copley. ”The 69 Steps”. 1973.
This picture shows the following artwork: William N. Copley. ”The 69 Steps”. 1973.
746 William N. Copley

New York 1919 – 1996 Key West, Florida

”The 69 Steps”. 1973

Acrylic on Hessian. 63,5 × 106,5 cm (25 × 41 ⅞ in.). Signed and dated lower left: cply 73. Inscribed and titled with felt-tip pen in brown on the stretcher: 46 THE 69 STEPS (partially covered). There with a label of Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, as well as an exhibition label of Lieu d'Art Contemporain, Sigean/France. [3267]

Provenance

Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York / Private Collection, France / Contemporary Art. London, Phillips Auction, 3.07.2014, lot 221 / Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above-mentioned)

EUR 60,000

 

- 80,000

USD 70,600

 

- 94,100

Sold for:

107,950 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 373

Friday, November 28th 2025, 4:00 PM

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We would like to thank Anthony Atlas, William N. Copley Estate, New York, for kindly providing additional information.

Exhibition

William N. Copley. Sigean, Lieu d'art Contemporain, 1999, cat. no. 15, ill. p. 15 (erroneously titled "Swan Lake")

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