Born 1919 in New York, NY
Died 1996 in Key West, Florida
EDUCATION
Phillips Academy and Yale University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 William N. Copley: The Tempation of St. Anthony (Revisited), Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
William N. Copley: Drawings 1964-1991, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
William N. Copley: The New York Years, Kasmin, New York, NY
2018 William N. Copley: The Coffin They Carry You Off In, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Publishing the Portable Museum: William N. Copley’s The Letter Edged in Black Press, Alden Projects, New York, NY
2017 William N. Copley: Women, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2016 William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX and Fondazione Prada, Milan,
Italy
ART Cologne, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin, Germany
William N. Copley, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
2015 Wiliam N. Copley: Drawings (1962 – 1973), Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
William N. Copley: Paintings from 1960 – 1994, Showroom by Paul van Esch & Partners Art Advisory, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
2014 William Copley: Paintings and Mirrors, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2013 Finally We Laugh, Galerie Linn Luhn, Düsseldorf, Germany
Confiserie CPLY, Paul Kasmin Gallery and Venus Over Manhattan, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock, Inc. Gang Bust, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
2012 Patriotism of CPLY and All That, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Copley, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden, Germany; Max Ernst Museum Brühl Des LVR, Germany and Stiftlung
Ahlers
Pro Arte gemeinnützige GmbH, Hannover, Germany
William N. Copley: Works 1948 – 1983, Galerie Von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
2011 X-Rated, Sadie Coles HQ, London, United Kingdom
William N. Copley: See Yourself as Lovers See You, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Struttgart, Germany
2010 X-Rated, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany
Western Songs, El Sourdog Hex, Berlin, Germany
Linn Lühn, Cologne, Germany
2007 Linn Lühn, Cologne, Germany
2006 Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Manus Presse/Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany
2005 Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004 Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2003 Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Easy to Read Storybook, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Johann König, Berlin, Germany
2002 Drawings 1954-1994, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
2001 Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2000 Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
William N. Copley: 1919 – 1996, Galerie Leu GmbH & Co., Munich, Germany
1999 William N. Copley: Nouns, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
L.A.C., Lieu d’Art Contemporain, Sigean, France
Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany
William N. Copley: Missing Link, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Germany
CPLY 1919 – 1996: The Art of William Copley, Forum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1998 Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
Tekeningen, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
1997 True Confessions, Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
Galerie Kurt Schäfer, Berlin, Germany
William N. Copley: Gedächtnisausstellung Bilder und Zeichnungen 1961 – 1993, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
1996 William N. Copley: New Paintings, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
William N. Copley: Bilder Aquarelle Zeichnungen, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
1995 William N. Copley: Heed Greed Trust Lust, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany
Selected Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Kurt Schäfer, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Zell Am See, Schloss Rosenberg, Austria
Galerie Michael, Heidelberg, Germany
Galerie Brigitte Ihsen, Cologne, Germany
1994 William Copley: Recent Paintings & Drawings, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Galerie Klewan, Munich, Germany
William Copley: Bilder und Ziechnungen 1964 – 1993, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
1993 Galerie Zell Am See, Schloss Rosenberg, Austria
Berliner Amerikaner, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
1992 Disegni 1964 / 1991, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy
William Copley: Zeichnungen, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Bilder 1956 – 1992, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
1991 Paintings and Drawings 1956 – 1991, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Zechnungen: 1964 – 1991, Galerie Fred Jahn, Stuttgart, Germany
Trust Lust Heed Greed, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY and and Chicago, IL
CPLY: Designi su carta e piccole tele, Galleria Peccolo, Livorno, Italy
1990 Galerie Klewan, Munich, Germany
1989 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Galerie 1900/2000, Paris, France
1987 William N. Copley, Paintings – Drawings, 1966 – 1987, Galerie Kewenig, Frechen-Bachem, Germany
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
1986 The Tomb of the Unknown Whore, The New Museum, New York, NY
1985 Acopleyshments, 1955 – 1985, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
The Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
William N. Copley, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, Switzerland
Galleria Montenapoleone, Milan, Italy
1983 Post-Raphaelite Painting, Onnasch Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 William N. Copley: Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie Klewan, Munich, Germany
CPLY, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse, Munich, Germany
Lens Fine Art, Anvers, Belgium
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
A RetrospeCPLYtive, Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York, NY
1980–81 William N. Copley, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Musee National D’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,
France; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands and Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
1980 Whorses, Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York, NY
Billy Copley, Galerie Maier-Hahn, Dusseldorf, Germany
1979 CPLY: Reflections on a Past Life, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX
CPLY / X-Rated Paintings, Galerie Fassbender, Munich, Germany
1978–79 Variations on a Theme by Francis Picabia, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA and
Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York, NY
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
1978 The Temptation of St. Anthony, Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York, NY
Galerie Fassbender, Munich, Germany
Pictures and Drawings, Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
1977 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL
1976 Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
The Patriotism of CPLY, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
The Patriotism of CPLY: 1776 and All That, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
C.E. Gallagher and Co. of Garden Alley, Atlantic City, NJ
1975 Erik Nord Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1974 Western Songs, Galerie Onnasch, Cologne, Germany
CPLY, Onnasch Gallery, New York, NY
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
X-Rater: An Exhibition of New Paintings and Drawings, New York Cultural Center, New York, NY
1973 CPLY, Gallerie Il Fauna, Turin, Italy
1972 Gallery Suzanne Saxe, San Francisco, CA
Galerie Iolas, Milan, Italy and Paris, France
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Aspects, Brussels, Belgium
Mail Order, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie du Dragon, Paris, France
1971 Recent Paintings: ‘Nouns,’ Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
1970 Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Aspects, Brussels, Belgium
William Copley, Galerie Neundorf, Cologne, Germany
William Copley, Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany
David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1969 Ballads, Galerie Iolas, Geneva , Switzerland
Galerie de Leone, Venice, Italy
Merida Gallery, Louisville, KY
1968 Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Neundorf, Hamburg, Germany
1967 Bodley Gallery, New York, NY
Homage to Robert W. Service, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
Ballads, Galerie Iolas, Paris, France
1966 Copley: Entertainment for Men, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Projects for Monuments to the Unknown Whore, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
and Galerie Iolas, Paris, France
1965 Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
Louisiana Gallery, Houston, TX
1964 CPLY, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1963 CPLY, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
Les Suffragettes Erotiques de Bill Copley, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
W.N. Copley: Paintings, Hanover Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1962 The Flags (Les Etats-Unis du Monde), Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
Galleria Arturo Schwarz, Milan, Italy
1961 William Copley – Paintings, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom
Recent Paintings by CPLY, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
1960 Galleria Cavallino, Venice, Italy
Galleria d’Arte del Naviglio, Milan, Italy
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
1959 Galerie Furstenberg, Paris, France
1958 Paintings by William Copley, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
1956 Copley: Peintures Recentes, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, France
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
1954 Galleria Montenapoleone, Milan, Italy
1953 Nina Dausset, Paris, France
1951 CPLY: Paintings by William N. Copley, Royer’s Book Shop, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Recline: Portraiture & Henri Matisse Prints, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Fringe: William N. Copley, Saskia Pintelon & Jenny Watson, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
2018 Kinder Gentler Nation, Karma, New York, NY
Mr. Natural: And Other Works from the Allan Frumkin Gallery (1952 – 1987), VENUS, New York, NY
Nudes, Sadie Coles, London, United Kingdom
Atlas, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Rember to React: 60 Years of Collecting, Nova Southeastern University Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Trance, Aïshti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon
París pese a todo: Artistas extranheros, 1944-1968 (Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris, 1944 – 1968), Museo Nacional Centro de Arta
Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2017 Animal Farm, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT
Itinéraires, Musée D’Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
Schlaf: Eine produktive Zeitverschwendung, Museen Böttcherstrasse, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany
An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940 – 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
America! America! How Real Is Real?, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2016 William Copley, Elma Talbot, Ina van Zyl, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Olymia, Karma at Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France
William N. Copley and His Mentor, Magritte, VENUS at FIAC, Gran Palais, Paris, France
The Revolutionary Suicide Mechanized Band, Rob Tufnell Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Impasse Ronsin, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2015 The Shadow is Taken, Algus Greenspon, New York, NY
Viewer Discretion: Children of Bataille, Stux & Haller, New York, NY
L’Impasse Ronsin, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
The Violent Crab, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, United Kingdom
Saul Steinberg and William Copley: Take on the Life, Galerie Klauss Gerrit Friese, Berlin, Germany
Painting 2.0: Expressions in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany and Mumok Museum, Vienna, Switzerland
2014 Alexander the Great: The Iolas Gallery 1955 – 1987, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Live and Let Die, Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
Purple States, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Pop Abstraction, Fredericks and Fraser Gallery and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Basel Miami Beach, Sadie Coles HQ, Miami, FL
The Surrealist Bungalow, Linn Lühn, Düsseldorf, Germany
What Nerve!: Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2013 Re-view, Hauser & Wirth, London, United Kingdom
Gang Bust: William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock Inc., Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Masculin/Feminine, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012 Interiors, Andrew Kreps, New York, NY
2011 After Shelly Duval ’72 (Frogs on the High Line), Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY
William N. Copley and Andreas Slominski – X-Rated, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
The ADAA Art Fair, New York, NY
2009 And Other Essays, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY
Exile on Main St., Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Jr. and Son’s, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Diana und Aktaion: Der Verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit, Museum Kunst Palest, Düsseldorf, Germany
Karl Bohrmann - William N. Copley, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Freise, Stuttgart, Germany
Carte Blanche III: Gedichte der Fakten, Galerie fur Zeitgenössiche Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Liebe, Love, Paare, Gustav-Lübcke Museum, Hamm, Germany
Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
Mirror, Mirror, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Deutsche und Amerikanische Malerei, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Rockers Island: Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Sixties! Art, Fashion, Design, Film and Photography, Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
AFFINITIES, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
2006 Die anderen Bilder, Museum der Stadt, Ratingen, Germany
Ele-Mental, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Six Feet Under: Autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Models and Prototypes, Mildred Land Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
L’Amateur d’estampes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France
Collage Effect, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Internationale Zeichner, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
Bilderwechsel III: Amerikanische Malerei, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2004 FUNNY CUTS: Cartoons und Comics in der zeitgenössische Kunst, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Eröffnungsausstellung Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Sammlung Frieder Burda- Eröffnungsausstellung, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Christmas Art Gifts, Artiscope, ARTISCOPE, Brussels, Belgium
Baume, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
2003 Imagine: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary art, North Miami, FL
2001 Kunst Sammeln I: Werke zeitgenössischer Kunst aus den Sammlungen von Cramm, Falckenburg, Kalkmann,
Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Bodenburg, Germany
Museum Unserer Wunsche, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2000 Prints, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Im Gegenüber: Landschaften, Stilleben, Portraits, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
1998 Summer Group Show, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Imagined World, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Magie der Zahl in der Kunst des 20, Jahrhunderts, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Spiral Village, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
1996 Hommage a Copley, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Think, Galerie Brigitte Ihsen, Cologne, Germany
Disegni americani degli anni ottanta: 15 artisti, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy
1995 Bunnies - A Group Show, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing the Line: Reappraising Drawing Past and Present, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom;
Manchester City Art Galleries, Manchester, United Kingdom; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, United Kingdom and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
1994 Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1989 Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Kölner Messe, Cologne, Germany
1988 Gran Pavese, The Flag Project, Muhka Museum voor Hedenaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Roger Brown, William Copley, Duncan Hannah, Gloria Luria, Miami, FL
1987 The Amused Eye: A National Sampling of Humor in Art, The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1986 Column, Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frenchen-Bachem, Germany
Europa/Amerika: die Geschichte einer kunstlerischen Faszination seit 1940, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1985 Cinquante ans de dessins americains, 1930–1980, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Paravents, Schloss Lorsfeld, Kerpen, Germany
1984 Auto and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1983 Looking at Women, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Festival of the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Contemporary Paintings from the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
The Last Laugh, Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, OH
1982 Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
The Erotic Impulse, Roger Litz Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Westkunst, Museen der Stadt Köln, Cologne
1980 American Painting of the Sixties and Seventies: The Real, Ideal and the Fantastic, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Figurative Tradition and The Whitney Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1978 Aspekte der 60er Jahre: aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
American Nude, Harold Reed Gallery, New York, NY
Box Museum, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
1977 Artist’s Renderings of Paintings, Pinoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy and Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
The Dada/Surrealist Heritage, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
Bad Painting, The New Museum, New York, NY
1976 The William Seitz Memorial Exhibition, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
1975 Three Generations of the American Nude, New York Cultural Center, New York, NY
1974 Seventy-First American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1972 Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany
1971 Erotic Art, The Art Center of the New School for Social Research, The New Museum, New York, NY
1970 Hot Show, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, NY
Copley, Brauner and Magritte, Louisiana Gallery, Houston, TX
Box Top Art, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
1967 Around the Automobile, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Mixed Masters, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX
1966 Hommage à Caissa: Exhibition for the Chess Foundation of the Duchamp Fund, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, NY
Surrealist Exhibition, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Le Portrait, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
25 Years of Art in San Diego, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
1965 Pop Art, Nouveau Réalisme, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Surrealist Exhibition, Byron Gallery, New York, NY
Visiting Artists at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Whence Pop, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
1964 Selections from the L. M. Asher Collection, University Art Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
New Directions in American Painting, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Nieuwe realisten, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
The Maremont Collection, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C.
Le Surrealisme: Sources, Histoire, Affinities, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France
1963 Pop Art USA, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
XIX Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
18 Salon de Réalitiés Nouvelles, Musée Municipal d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Paris Lettriste, Galerie Schmidt, Paris, France
1962 Collage out of California, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
Antagonismes 2: L’objet, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, France
Surrealismus: Phantastiche Malerei der Gegenwart, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
XVIII Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1961 XVII Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Bewogen beweging-Rorelse i Konsten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1959 XVI Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, France
Arte Fantastica, Museo de Castello di San Giusto, Trieste, Italy
The Maremont Collection at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology at Crown Hall, Chicago, IL
1957 Verzameling Urvater, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
The Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom; City of York Gallery, York, United Kingdom and
The Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1956 XV Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Exposition Internationale de l’art actuel, Nagaoka Museum, Nagaoka, Japan
1954 Americans in Paris, Galerie Arthur Craven, Paris, France
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aaru, Switzwerland
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Menil Collectionm Houston, TX
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, FL
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
Oberlin College Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Staedel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tate Museum, London, United Kingdom
Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY