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
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Coffee Break
William Copley (American, 1919–1996) · 1963
€108,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ $121,909≈ £98,425
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated · William Copley signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 51 x 61 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 1155 Modern and Contemporary Art -Evening Sale (1155-1)
- Date
- June 19, 2020
- Location
- 19.06.2020 18:00, Cologne
- Lot
- 88
- Estimate
- €40,000 – €50,000 (≈ $44,840 – $56,050) (≈ £36,202 – £45,253)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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