New World Map, 1948
Mixed media on painted wood, paper, nails, metal, glass, and plastic, with black velvet frame by the artist
Signed and dated lower right
73×58cm
Provenance:
- Man Ray Collection, Mrs. Juliette Man Ray
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris
Exhibitions:
- Bern, Kunsthalle / Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou / Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, “William N. Copley,” October 4 - November 9, 1980 / November 26, 1980 - January 11, 1981 / January 24 - February 18, 1981, cat. no. 2
- Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, “William N. Copley,” December 5-30, 1988, reproduced in the catalog on p. 1 and described under no. 1 on p. 2
- Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, “William N. Copley,” February 27 - April 17, 1995, p. 11
- Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, "Passions privées. Collections particulières d’art moderne et contemporain en France,“ December 1995–March 1996, described in the catalog under no. 14 p. 192 and reproduced p. 202
Bibliography: Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus, ”‘Orbis Terrarum.’ Ways of Worldmaking. Cartography and Contemporary Art,“ June 22 - September 24, 2000, p. 171.
Note: Inscription on the reverse ”new world map / collection Juliet Man Ray."
