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William Nelson Copley
Knight's Gambit1965

Not on view
Painting of two stylized figures facing each other — one black stippled, one white with segmented armor-like panels — against a salmon diamond lattice background

William Nelson Copley, Knight's Gambit, 1965, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Judd Marmor through the Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
William Nelson Copley
United States, New York, active France, Paris, 1951-1963, 1919-1996
Title
Knight's Gambit
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1965
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39 1/4 x 32 1/8 in. (99.7 x 81.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Judd Marmor through the Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.65.50
Classification
Organic Materials
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
  • Celant, Germano, ed. William N. Copley. Milan: Fondazione Prada, 2016.
Copyright
© William N. Copley Estate / Copley LLC / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York