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William Copley Follow The Conformist signed and dated 'CPLY '73' lower right; further titled '"The Conformist"' on the stretcher acrylic on canvas 114.5 x 147.3 cm (45 1/8 x 57 7/8 in.) Painted in 1973.
Provenance Galerie Renate Fassbender, Munich (acquired from the artist in 1978) Private Collection, The Netherlands Private Collection, Denmark (acquired from the above) Exhibited The New York Cultural Center, CPLY X-Rated: An Exhibition of New Paintings and Drawings, March - May 1974 The Art Institute of Chicago, Seventy-First American Exhibition , 15 June - 11 August 1974, no. 10, p. 10 (illustrated) Kunsthalle Bern; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, William N. Copley , October 1980 - January 1981, no. 89, p. 99 Antwerp, Lens Fine Art, Tentoonstelling , January - February 1981, no. 8 Artist Bio William Copley American • 1919 - 1996 Follow William N. Copley, also known by the name of CPLY, drew attention to himself in the late 1940s by fusing elements of Surrealism and Pop Art. Copley focused on symbols of American pop culture—staples of American society including pin-up girls, cowboys and the flag—and transformed them into more accessible, universal icons that could appeal to both men and women without bias. In the '70s, Copley distinguished himself from the rest of the Surrealists by attempting to represent the tumultuous relationship between erotic and pornographic symbolism. He celebrated the female body, sexual freedom and, most of all, the promiscuity of America. View More Works