Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Feasting a Fawning Parasite, or Glutting a Harlot's Purse; from "The Song of the Wage Slave", 1994
Drawing (ink) · Paper
Phillips · Sep 26, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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A la mer
William Copley (American, 1919–1996) · Um 1960
€26,400 price realized incl. premium
≈ $40,941≈ £20,751
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Öl auf Leinwand”
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 60 x 72 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 924 Zeitgenössische Kunst und Photographie (924-1)
- Date
- May 30, 2008
- Lot
- 482
- Estimate
- €20,000 – — (≈ $31,016) (≈ £15,720)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled (Think/Flag), from Artists and Writers Protest Against the War in Vietnam, 1967
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Feasting a Fawning Parasite, or Glutting a Harlot's Purse; from "The Song of the Wage Slave", 1994
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Screenprint · Paper · ed. 41/200
Phillips · Sep 3, 2026£323 ≈ $436 ≈ €375Sign up free to see pricePhoto © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled, 1964
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Phillips · Jun 16, 2026$7,095 ≈ £5,292 ≈ €6,120Sign up free to see pricePhoto © Ketterer Kunst — view this lot on Ketterer Kunst ↗Ohne Titel (Woman with Umbrella), 1965
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Ketterer Kunst · Jun 13, 2026€90,300 ≈ $104,450 ≈ £77,936Sign up free to see price
Photo © Ketterer Kunst — view this lot on Ketterer Kunst ↗Blue Angel, 1973
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Photo © Grisebach — view this lot on Grisebach ↗The Kids No Trooper, 1989
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Lempertz · May 30, 2008€99,600 ≈ $154,460 ≈ £78,287Sign up free to see price
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Photo © Lempertz — view this lot on Lempertz ↗Ohne Titel (Malerstamm - Tilman), 2005
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