William N. Copley: Among ourselves

William N. Copley (1919–1996) was initially an American gallery owner representing major surrealists such as

René Magritte, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Joseph Cornell and Man Ray, before deciding to become a painter himself in 1947. He moved to Paris, developed his own distinctive style and found his themes. His subversively banal works are now regarded as a link between Pop Art and Surrealism. The monograph shows Copley's highly abstract figurines from American everyday myths, his cowboys and pin-up girls, erotic and pornographic fantasies, presented in a seemingly naive manner, alongside set pieces from everyday life and fetishes, which are catalogued without comment.