William N. Copley, the adopted son of a great American publisher, discovered his affinity for art early and, contrary to all social expectations, opened a gallery with his brother-in-law in Los Angeles. From the very beginning his interests lay in the art of the Surrealists, some of whom had relocated from Paris to the West Coast, where they lived in exile. Deep friendships developed with Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, René Magritte, and Man Ray. However, the gallery remained unsuccessful, and so William C. Copley moved to Paris in the 1950s, where all his artist friends had already returned. He became a part of the art scene there and began to work as a self-taught painter. Images of an erotic, lascivious nature are typical of his oeuvre, free from convention and decorated in an ornamental fashion. In many of his paintings he portrays himself in a humorous and ironic manner, mainly in relation to brothel scenes or political events. Copley was always an “artist’s artist”, not only because he was wealthy and supported other artists, but because he was closely connected to them and lived solely in this world. His work plays an important role in post-war art as a result of its very individual visual language.
Vita
1919
Born in New York City
1932—1936
Academic Studies at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts
1936—1938
Academic Studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
1942—1946
Stationed in Italy and North Africa
1947—1948
Director of the Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills, California
1947
Start of his own artistic work
1951—1964
Residence in Paris
1965—1979
Lives and works in New York
1980—1991
Lives and works in Roxbury, Connecticut
1992—1996
Lives and works in Key West, Florida
1996
Died in Key West, Florida
Selected Solo Shows
2020
The Ballad of William N. Copley – Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
The New York Year – Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
William N. Copley: The Temptation of St. Anthony (Revisited) – Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
William N. Copley: Drawings and Paintings 1966 – 1991 – Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
2019
Candice Breitz: Sex Work. Im Dialog mit Werken von William N. Copley aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda – Museum Frieder Burda – Salon, Berlin
2018
William N. Copley. The Coffin They Carry You Off In – The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
Publishing the Portable Museum: William N. Copley´s The Letter Edged in Black Press – Alden Projects, New York
2017
William N. Copley: Women – Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2016
William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY – The Menil Collection, Houston / Fondazione Prada, Milan
2015
William N. Copley & Saul Steinberg – es aufnehmen mit dem Leben – Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin
William N. Copley. Paintins from 1960 – 1994 – Showroom by Paul van Esch & Partners Art Advisory, Amsterdam
William N. Copley: Drawings (1962 – 1973) – Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2014
William Copley. Paintings and Mirrors – Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
2013
Confiserie CPLY – Galerie Venus / Confiserie Schiesser, Basel
Finally We Laugh – Galerie Linn Lühn, Dusseldorf
2012
The Patriotism of CPLY – Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Copley – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden – Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Brühl – Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte – Kestner Pro Arte, Hanover
William N. Copley: Relfection on a Past Life – Galerie Linn Lühn, Dusseldorf
William N. Copley. Works 1948 – 1983 – Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich
2011
See Yourself As Lovers See You – Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart
William N. Copley X-RatedPaul – Sadie Coles HQ, London
2010
William N. Copley. X-Rated – Kasmin Gallery, New York
2009
Unter Uns. Bilder, Arbeiten auf Papier 1951 – 1993. – Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart
Western Songs – El Sourdog Hex, Berlin
William N. Copley – Galerie Linn Lühn, Cologne
2007
William N. Copley. Drawings – Galerie Linn Lühn, Cologne
2006
Works from the 1970´s – David Nolan Gallery, New York
Galerie manus presse, Stuttgart
2005
Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam
2004
William N. Copley. Au bonheur des dames, 1958 – 1990 – Mamco Musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
S.M.S. The Letter Edged in Black Press – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
William N. Copley. I Love Paris ( Bilder 1956 – 1965 ) – Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich
2003
William N. Copley. Easy to Read Storybook – Bawag Foundation, Vienna – Johann König, Berlin
William Copley. Paintings and Drawings – David Nolan Gallery, New York
2002
William N. Copley. Zeichnungen 1956 – 1994 – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
2001
William Copley – David Nolan Gallery, New York
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
2000
Copley Collects CPLY – Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
1999
Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich
Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning
1998
William Copley. The Essential CPLY – David Nolan Gallery, New York
1997
William N. Copley – True Confessions – Ulmer Museum, Ulm
Galerie Kurt Schäfer, Berlin
1996
William Copley. New Paintings – David Nolan Gallery, New York
William N. Copley. Bilder – Aquarelle – Zeichnungen – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
William N. Copley. Gedächtnisausstellung Bilder und Zeichnungen 1961 – 1993 – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
1995
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover
Galerie Kurt Schäfer, Berlin
Galerie Zell am See, Schloss Rosenberg, Austria
Galerie Michael, Heidelberg
Galerie Brigitte Ihsen, Cologne
1994
William Copley. Paintings and Drawings – David Nolan Gallery, New York
Galerie Klewan, Munich
Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna
1993
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Galerie Zell am See, Schloss Rosenberg, Austria
1992
William Copley. Bilder 1956 – 1992 – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Galleria Milano, Milan
Galleria Peccolo, Leghorn
1991
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Galerie Klewan, Munich
William N. Copley. Paintings, and Drawings 1956 – 1991 – David Nolan Gallery, New York
1990
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
Galerie Klewan, Munich
1988
Galerie 1900/2000, Marcel Fleiss, Paris
1987
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
William Copley – Galerie Kewenig, Frechen
1986
William Copley: The Tomb of the Unknown Whore – New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1985
The Quay Gallery, San Francisco
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Galerie Monte Napoleone, Milan
1983
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Reinhard Onnasch, Berlin
1982
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
1981
Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Galerie Klewan, Munich
Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstraße, Munich
1980—1981
Kunsthalle, Bern
Musée national d´art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Stedeliijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
1980
Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York
1979
Galerie Fassbender, Munich
CPLY: Reflections on a Past Live – Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston
1978—1979
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne
Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles
1978
Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York
Galerie Springer, Berlin
Galerie Fassbender, Munich
1977
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
1976
Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles
Washington Art Association, Washington
1975
Erik Nord Gallery, Nantucket
1974
CPLY/X-RATED – New York Cultural Center, New York
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia
Onnasch Gallery, New York
Galerie Onnasch, Cologne
1973
Galerie 11 Pauna, Turin
1972
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Galerie Iolas, Paris
Galerie Aspects, Brussels
Galerie Iolas, Milan
Gallery Suzanne Saxe, San Francisco
1971
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
1970
Galerie Springer, Berlin
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg
1969
Merida Gallery, Louisville
Galleria de Leone, Venice
Galerie Iolas, Geneva
1968
Galerie Springer, Berlin
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg
1967
Galerie Iolas, Paris
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
1966
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Galerie Iolas, Paris
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1965
Louisiana Gallery, Houston
Southwestern College, Chula Vista
Alan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago
1964
David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles
1963
Hanover Gallery, London
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Galerie Iris Clert, Paris
1962
Galleria Arturo Schwarz, Milan
1961
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Galerie Iris Clert, Paris
1960
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Galleria d´Arte del Naviglio, Milan
Galleria Cavallino, Venice
1959
Galerie Furstenberg, Paris
1958
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
1956
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Galerie du Dragon, Paris
1954
Galerie Monte Napoleone, Milan
1953
Nina Dausset, Paris
1951
Royer´s Book Shop, Los Angeles
Selected Group Shows
2020
Forget ( Part II: Don´t Forget Your Mask ) – Jahn und Jahn, Munich
Albert Oehlen. Maschinenwesen – Museo d´arte della Svizzera italiana ( MASI ) LAC, Lugano, Switzerland
Moving Energies – 10 Years me Collectors Room Berlin – me Collectors Room, Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin
2019
LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS. William N. Copley, Robert Frank, Saul Leiter & Saul Steinberg ( in cooperation with Kicken Berlin ) – Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin
Fringe. William N. Copley, Saskia Pintelon & Jenny Watson – Museum Dhondt - Dhaenens, Deurle
Recline: Portraiture & Henri Matisse Prints – McClain Gallery, Houston
2018
Played – Galerie Ebensperger, Salzburg
40+10+1 – Jahn und Jahn, Munich
Paris pese a todo: Artistas extranieros, 1944-1968 ( Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris, 1944 – 1968 ) – Museo Nacional Centro de Arta Reina Sofia, Madrid
Atlas – Fondazione Prada, Milan
Nudes – Sadie Coles, London
Kinder Gentler Nation – Karma, New York
Mr. Unatural; And Other Works from the Allan Frumkin Gallery ( 1952 – 1987 ) – VENUS, New York
Remember to React: 60 Years of Collecting – NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Trance Aïshti Foundation, Jal Ed Dib, Lebanon
2017
America! America! Now Real is Real? – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Animal Farm – The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, Connecticut
2016
Grün II – Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin
PAINTING 2.0: Malerie im Informationszeitalter – Museum Brandhorst, Munich
Drawing Room –David Nolan Gallery, New York
Impasse Ronsin – Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
William Copley, Elma Talbot, Ina van Zyl – Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam
2015
The Written Trace – Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2014
Pop Abstraction – Fredericks & Freiser Gallery and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
Amerikanische Zeichnungen – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Alexander the Great: The Iolas Gallery 1955 1987 – Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2013
Building The Sukka – House of Gaga, Mexico City
Ruhe-Störung - Streifzüge durch die Welten der Collage – MARTa Herford
B.A.B.E. - The Best Artists Books and Editors, Immanence – espace d´art contemporain, Paris
Re-View: Onnasch Collection – Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London
Summer Show – Galerie Leu, Munich
Frieze Masters, London
Art Cologne, Cologne
Kaboom! Comic in der Kunst, Weserburg – Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
Gang Bust: William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock Inc. – Venus Over Manhattan, New York
Masculine/Feminine – Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
2012
A Selection of Pop Art – Galerie Leu, Munich
Bode Xmas Gallery – Galerie & Edition Bode GmbH, Nuremberg
Météorologies mentales – Centre culturel Suisse, Paris
Interios – Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2011
William N. Copley und Andreas Slominski – X-RATED, me Collectors Room, Berlin
Mémoires du future - la collection Olbricht – La Maison Rouge, Paris
Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Jr. Collection – The Art Institute of Chicago
Seeing Is a Kind of Thinking: A Jim Nutt Companion – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
After Shelley Duvall ´72 ( Frogs on the High Line ) – Maccarone Gallery, New York
Images from a Floating World: 18th and 19th Century Japanese Erotic Prints and the Echo in Modern and Contemporary Art – Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York
ADAA: The Art Show, New York
2010
Nur Wahrheit – ehrlich, tod-sicher: Maske, Handschuh und Skelett – Werke der Sammlung Kopp und weitere – 8. Salon, Hamburg
La maison et l´infini – La collection de Christian Zacharias – Fondation de l´Hermitage, Lausanne
Don Juan in the Village – Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
Accrochage – Galerie Lelong, Zurich
Que du papier, L.A.C. – Lieu ´Art Contemporaine, Sigean
Die Bilder tun was mit mir... – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Permanent Trouble, Aktuelle Kunst aus der Sammlung Kopp, KOG – Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
S.M.S.: An Archive of the 60s, UAM – University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Aus privaten Sammlungen – Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg
Intimacy! Baden in der Kunst – Kunstmuseum Ahlen
2009
JR. And Sons – Zach Feuer Gallery ( LFL ), New York
Originalgrafiken, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen – Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Memorizer– Der Sammler Andreas Züst – Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Die Gegenwart der Linie – Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Exile on Main St. – Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
2008
Diana und Aktaion. Der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit – Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
Liebe, Love, Paare: Von Munch bis Warhol – Museum Ulm
Carte Blanche III: "Gedichte der Fakten" – Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Arend und Brigitte Oetker – Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst – GfZK Leipzig
Liebe. Love. Paare – Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm
2007
Liebe. Love. Paare – Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
Deutsche und Amerikanische Malerie – Aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Rockers Island – Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Sixties! – Art, fashion, design, film and photography – Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
2006
Die anderen Bilder – Museum der Stadt Ratingen
En Masse – Heskin Contemporary, New York
Six Feet Under Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten – Kunstmuseum Bern
Ele-Mental – David Nolan Gallery, New York
L´amateur d´estampes – MUba Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing
Collage Effect, Los Angeles Group Show – David Nolan Gallery, New York
Summit – Galerie Leu, Munich
Models and Prototypes – Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis
Not Quite Ten Years Without Martin Kippenberger – Unit 54/5th floor Regents Studois, London Group Show, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2005
Internationale Zeichner – Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Bilderwechsel III – Amerikanische Malerei – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
2004
FUNNY CUTS – Cartoons und Comics in der zeitgenössischen Kunst – Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Eröffnungsaustellung Sammlung Frieder Burda – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Sammlung Frieder Burda. Eröffnungsausstellung – Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Christmas Art Gifts – Artiscope, Brussels
Bäume – Galerie Biedermann, Munich
European-Art-Expo 2004 Fashion Düsseldorf – European Art Expo, Dusseldorf
2003
Imagine – Selections from the permanent collection – Museum of Contemporary Art – North Miami ( MOCA ), Miami
2001
Das Museum unserer Wünsche – Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne
10 Jahre Kunstverein Salzdefurth – Kunstverein Bad Salzdefurth e.V., Bodenburg
2000
Prints – David Nolan Gallery, New York
Landschaften – Stilleben – Portrait Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich
1998
Summer Group Show – David Nolan Gallery, New York
Imagined World – David Nolan Gallery, New York
1997
Magie der Zahl in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts – Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Spiral Village – Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
1996
Hommage à Copley – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Think – Galerie Brigitte Ihsen, Cologne
Amerikanische Zeichnungen – Galleria Milano, Milan
Surrealistic Pillow – David Nolan Gallery, New York
A Labor of Love – New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1995
Drawing the Line – South Bank Centre, London, Southampton City Art gallery, Southampton, Manchester City Art Gallery, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Bunnies – A Group Show – David Nolan Gallery, New York
1994
Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art – Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art
1990
Arbeitswelt – Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
1989
Bilderstreit. Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960 – Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Kölner Messer, Cologne
1988
Roger Brown, William Copley, Duncan Hannah – Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami
Gran Pavese - The Flag Project – MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Belgium
1987
The Amused Eye: A National Sampling of Humor in Art – The Evanston Art Center, Evanston
1986
Column – Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen-Bachem
Europa / Amerika. Die Geschichte einer künstlerischen Faszination seit 1940 – Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Vom Zeichnen. Aspekte Der Zeichnung 1960 – 1985 MUMOK, Vienna / Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
1985
Cinquante ans de dessins américains: 1930 – 1980 – École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Amerikanische Zeichnungen – Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt / Main
Vom Zeichnen. Aspekte der Zeichnung 1960 – 1985 – Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main
Paravents – Schloss Lörsfeld, Kerpen
1984
Auto and Culture – Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles / Detroit Institute of Arts
1983
Looking at Women – Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
Festival of the Arts – Muhlenberg College, Allentown
Contemporary Paintings from the Weatherspoon Art Gallery – University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The Last Laugh – Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth
1982
documenta 7, Kassel
the Erotic Impulse – Roger Litz Gallery, New York
1981
Westkunst, Cologne
1980
American Painting of the Sixties and Seventies: The Real – The Ideal – The Fantastic. A Selection from The Whitney Museum of American Art – Montgomery Museum of Fine Art / Joslyn Art
Museum, Omaha / Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg / Columbus Museum of Art / Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado / The Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
The Figurative Tradition and The Whitney Museum of American Art – The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1978
Aspekte der 60er Jahre aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch – Nationalgalerie, Berlin
American Nude – Harold Reed Gallery, New York
Box Museum, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York
1977
Artists´ Rendering of Paintings – Brera Museum, Milan / Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Dada/Surrealist Heritage – Sterling and Francis Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Art Outside the Mainstream: Bad Painting – The New Museum, New York
1976
The William Seitz Memorial Exhibition – Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
1975
Three Generations of the American Nude – New York Cultural Center, New York
1972
documenta 5, Kassel
1971
Erotic Art, The Art Center of the New School for Social Research – The New Museum, New York
1970
Hat Show – Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York
Copley, Brauner and Magritte – Louisiana Gallery, Houston
Box Top Art – Illinois State University, Bloomington
1968
The Obsessive Image 1960 – 1968, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1967—1968
Around the Automobile – The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Arlington State College, Arlington / Cedar Rapids Art Center, Cedar Rapids / Iowa Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hannover / Carroll Reece Memorial Museum, Johnson City / Bates College, Lewiston / Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown / Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis / The Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills
1967
Mixed Masters – University of St. Thomas Art Department, Houston
1966
Hommage à Caissa. Exhibition for the Chess Foundation for the Duchamp Fund – Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York
Surrealist Exhibition – University of California, Santa Barbara
Le Portrait – Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
25 Years of Art in San Diego – La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla
Society for Contemporary Art 26th Annual – The Art Institute of Chicago
1965
Pop Art, Nouveau Réalisme – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Surrealist Exhibition – Byron Gallery, New York
Visiting Artist at the Tamaring Lithography Workshop – Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
Group Show – Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles
Whence Pop – Heckscher Museum, Huntington
Personal Choice: Paintings and Sculpture from Houston Private Collection – Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
1964
Selections from the L.M. Asher Collection – University Art Gallery, University of New Mexico – Fine Arts Center, Albuquerque
New Directions in American Painting – Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham
Nieuwe realisten – Haags Gemeetemuseum, The Hague
The Maremont Collection – Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C.
Le Surréalisme Sources – Histoire – Affinités – Galerie Charpentier, Paris
1963
Pop Art USA – Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland
XIXe Salon de Mai – Musée d´Art Moderne de la Vielle de Paris, Paris
18ième Salon de Réalités Nouvelles – Musée Municipal d´Art Moderne, Paris
Les Sources Surréalisme – Galerie Charpentier, Paris
Lettriste – Galerie Schmidt, Paris
1962
Collage out of California – Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena
Antagonismes: 2. L´Objet – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris
Surrealismus. Phantastische Malerei der Gegenwart – Künstlerhaus, Vienna
XVIIIe Salon de Mai – Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1961
XVIIe Salon de Mai – Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Bewogen beweging / Rörelse i konsten – Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1959
XVe Salon de Mai – Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Exposition internationale du Surréalisme – Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris
Arte Fantastica – Museo di Castillo di San Giusto, Trieste
The Marernont Collection at the Institute of Design – Illinois Institute of Technology at Crown Hall, Illinois
1957—1958
Verzameling Urvater – Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo / The Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester / City of York Gallery, York / The Tate Gallery, London
1957—1958
Verzameling Urvater – Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo / The Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester / City of York Gallery, York / The Tate Gallery, London
1956
XIIe Salon de Mai – Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Exposition Internationale de l´Art Actuel – Nagaoka Museum, Nagaoka, Japan
1954
Americans in Paris – Galerie Arthur Cravan, Paris