William Nelson Copley - Enrico Baj *
(New York 1919–1996 Key West/ Florida) - (Milan 1924–2003)
Gli amanti, 1959, signed by both artists and dated, oil on cardboard in artist’s painted frame, 76 x 90 cm, framed
Provenance:
Enrico Baj Collection, Milan
Paride Accetti Collection, Milan
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
London, Some modern trends II
Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Copley, 3 – 16 February 1962
The problem that interests me most in painting – it’s a tough problem – is to find that 50-50
balance between form and humor which many great masterpieces of literature have achieved… The cornerstone of humor is sex because sex is so violently spiritual and so violently physical at the same time… You laugh at a puppy dog or at the backside of a woman, not because it’s funny, but because you love it.
William Nelson Copley
A woman is a river. If she falls in love she is a river in spate. When she overflows she causes serious damage. A woman’s force is equal to that of the great rivers.
Enrico Baj (quoted in Roberta Cerini Baj, Enrico Baj autocritica,
Regione Toscana, 2004, p. 83)
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
26.11.2020 - 16:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 25,300.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
William Nelson Copley - Enrico Baj *
(New York 1919–1996 Key West/ Florida) - (Milan 1924–2003)
Gli amanti, 1959, signed by both artists and dated, oil on cardboard in artist’s painted frame, 76 x 90 cm, framed
Provenance:
Enrico Baj Collection, Milan
Paride Accetti Collection, Milan
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
London, Some modern trends II
Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Copley, 3 – 16 February 1962
The problem that interests me most in painting – it’s a tough problem – is to find that 50-50
balance between form and humor which many great masterpieces of literature have achieved… The cornerstone of humor is sex because sex is so violently spiritual and so violently physical at the same time… You laugh at a puppy dog or at the backside of a woman, not because it’s funny, but because you love it.
William Nelson Copley
A woman is a river. If she falls in love she is a river in spate. When she overflows she causes serious damage. A woman’s force is equal to that of the great rivers.
Enrico Baj (quoted in Roberta Cerini Baj, Enrico Baj autocritica,
Regione Toscana, 2004, p. 83)
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art II |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 26.11.2020 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
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