William Nelson Copley papers
name: label: Creator
content: Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
label: Names
content: Copley Galleries (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Cornell, Joseph
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
label: Names
content: Magritte, René, 1898-1967
label: Names
content: Matta, 1912-2002
label: Names
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
label: Names
content: Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- California
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2709 donated 1976, by William Copley; material on reel 861 lent for microfilming 1975 by Copley.
creator: label: Creator
content: Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, New York, N.Y. and gallery owner, Calif. Died May 1996.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coplwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 861 and 2709 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 861: Originals returned to William N. Copley after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers and gallery records including photographs, writings, announcements and catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2709: Announcements and catalogs for exhibitions at The Copley Galleries, Beverly Hills, California, 1948-1949; 97 photographs, mostly of installations of exhibitions at the gallery, and a few of paintings by Man Ray, 1948; and an undated essay by Copley, "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Art Dealer," 51 pages in which he describes the brief one year history of the gallery, which exhibited the work of the Surrealists, including Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echuarren, Man Ray, and Yves Tanguy.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 861: Scrapbook, 1953-1967, in 3 volumes. Includes Copley's newspaper column; magazine clippings relating to his work and exhibits; and exhibition catalogs.