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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Phillips · Sep 26, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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William Copley (American, 1919–1996) · 1964
$15,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £11,265≈ €13,174
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "CPLY 64" left edge · William Copley signature
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.3 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010119)
- Date
- February 27, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 103
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,253 – £3,755) (≈ €2,635 – €4,391)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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