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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Imaginary Game
William Copley (American, 1919–1996) · 1960
€65,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $73,392≈ £55,281
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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
- 60 x 73 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 1187 Evening Sale - Modern and Contemporary Art (1187-1)
- Date
- December 3, 2021
- Location
- 03.12.2021 18:00, Cologne
- Lot
- 53
- Estimate
- €50,000 – €70,000 (≈ $56,455 – $79,037) (≈ £42,524 – £59,534)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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