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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La Lecteur
William Copley (American, 1919–1996) · 1955
$40,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £25,154≈ €29,780
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · William Copley signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24 x 19 1/2 in. (61 x 49.5 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010813)
- Date
- November 12, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 214
- Estimate
- $30,000 – $40,000 (≈ £18,866 – £25,154) (≈ €22,335 – €29,780)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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