William Copley (New York, 1919 - Sugarloaf Key, 1996) New World Map, 1948 Mixed media on painted wood, paper, nails, metal, glass and plastic and the artist's black velvet frame Signed and dated lower right 73×58cm Provenance : - Man Ray Collection, Mrs Juliette Man Ray - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris - Collection Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris Exhibitions : - Bern, Kunsthalle / Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou / Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, "William N. Copley", 4 October - 9 November 1980 / 26 November 1980 - 11 January 1981 / 24 January - 18 February 1981, cat.n°2 - Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, "William N. Copley", 5 - 30 December 1988, reproduced in the catalogue p.1 and described under n°1 p. 2 - Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, "William N. Copley", 27 February - 17 April 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 catalogue under n°14 p.192 and reproduced on p. 202. Bibliography: Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus, "'Orbis Terrarum'. Ways of Worldmaking. Cartography and Contemporary Art", 22 June - 24 September 2000, p.171 Note: Inscription on reverse "new world map / Juliet Man Ray collection".