Monographs
| 2019 |
Stephanie Seidel, Manuela Ammer, and Kasper Konig,William N. Copley: The Coffin They Carry You Off In (Miami (FL): ICA Miami, 2019) (exh. cat.) |
| 2017 |
Claire Copley, William N. Copley: Women (New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2017) (exh. cat.) |
| 2016 |
Germano Celant (ed.), William N. Copley (Houston: The Menil Collection; Milan: Fondazione Prada, 2016) (exh. cat.) |
| 2013 |
Linn Lünn (ed.), William N. Copley: Reflection on a Past Life (Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2013) Linn Lünn (ed.), CPLY - Finally We Laugh (Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2013) William N. Copley and Adam Lindemann, Gang Bust: William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock Inc. (New York (NY): Venus Over Manhattan 2013) |
| 2012 |
Stiftung Frieder Burda and Gotz Adriani, Copley (Baden-Badem: Museum Frieder Burda; Berlin: Kehrer Verlag Heidelbeg, 2012) (exh. cat.) Patriotism of CPLY (New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2012) (exh. cat.) Carl Haenlein, William N. Copley: Works 1948-1983 (Munich: Galerie Von Braunbehrens, 2012) (exh. cat.) William N. Copley: The Temptation of Saint Anthony (New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2012) |
| 2010 |
William N. Copley: Cply X-Rated (New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2010) (exh. cat.) |
| 2009 |
Stephan Berg and Klaus Geritt Friese (eds.), William N. Copley: Among Ourselves (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishing, 2009) |
| 2006 |
Klaus-Gerrit Friese, William N. Copley (Stuttgart: Galerie Manus Presse, 2006) (exh. cat.) |
| 2003 |
Johannes Gachnang, CPLY: Easy to Read Storybook (Vienna: BAWAG Foundation, 2003) (exh. cat.) |
| 1999 |
William N. Copley (St. Louis: Forum for Contemporary Art, 1999) (exh. cat.) |
| 1998 | Kay Heymer and Brigitte Reinhardt, William N. Copley: True Confessions, Paintings and Drawings (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishing, 1998) |
| 1997 | Brigitte Reinhardt, Marc Gundel, and Christine Denk (eds.), William N. Copley: True Confessions (Ulm: Ulmer Museum, 1997) (exh. cat.) |
| 1995 |
Carl Haenlein (ed.), William N. Copley: Heed Greed Trust Lust (Hannover: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1995) (exh. cat.) Robert Service, The Strumpet Muse Images from Robert W. Service by William N. Copley (Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 1995) (artist’s book) |
| 1991 |
Alan Jones, CPLY (New York: David Nolan Gallery, 1991) (exh. cat.) Walter Hopps, CPLY: Trust Lust Heed Greed (New York: Phyllis Kind Gallery; Chicago (IL): Phyllis Kind Gallery, 1991) (exh. cat.) Dorothea Baumer, William N. Copley: Zeichnungen 1964-1994 (Munich: Galerie Zell Am See, Verlag Fred Jahn, 1995) (exh. cat.) |
| 1988 |
William N. Copley, CPLY, William N. Copley (Paris: Galerie 1900/2000, 1988) (exh. cat.) William N. Copley, Art is not Furniture in ‘Ubrigens sterben immer die anderen. Marcel Duchamp und die Avantgarde seit 1950’ (Cologne: Museum Ludwig Koln, 1988) |
| 1983 |
William N. Copley: Post-Raphaelite Paintings (Berlin: Onnasch Galerie, 1983) (exh. cat.) |
| 1981 |
Ingrid Rein and William N. Copley, Willian N. Copley, Bilder und Zeichnungen (Munich: Galerie Klewan, 1981) (exh. cat.) |
| 1979 |
William N. Copley, CPLY, Reflection on a Past Life (Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1979) (exh. cat.) Johannes Gachnang and Rudi Fuchs, William N. Copley (Bern: Kunsthalle Bern; Paris: Centre Pompidou; Eindhoven: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, 1981) (exh. cat.) |
| 1974 |
CPLY: Western Songs (Cologne: Onnasch Galerie, 1974) (exh. cat.) William Copley: CPLY (New York (NY): Onnasch Galerie; Philadelphia: Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, 1974) (exh. cat.) |
| 1972 |
William N. Copley, CPLY: Mail Order (Paris: Galerie Iolas, 1972; New York (NY): Alexander Iolas Gallery; Milan: Galerie Iolas, 1972) (exh. cat.) |
| 1971 |
YotisSkinas, CPLY: Nouns (New York: Alexander Iolas Gallery; Milan: Galerie Iolas, 1971) (exh. cat.) |
| 1970 | William N. Copley, CPLY: Project for a Dictionary of Platitudes (New York: Alexander Iolas Gallery, 1970) (exh. cat.) |
| 1967 |
William N. Copley, CPLY: Ballads (Paris: Galerie Iolas, 1967) (exh. cat.) William N. Copley, Homage to Robert W. Service (New York: Alexander Iolas Gallery, 1967) |
| 1966 |
Roland Penrose, Copley: Entertainment for Men (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1966) (exh. cat.) Julien Levy, CPLY: Projects for Monuments to the Unknown Whore (New York: Alexander Iolas Gallery; Paris: Galerie Iolas, 1966) (exh. cat.) |
| 1963 |
Ninette Lyon, Patrick Waldberg, Marcel Duchamp and Julien Alvard, Les Suffragettes Erotiques de Bill Copley in Iris Time Unlimited (Paris: Iris Time Unlimited, 1963) (exh. cat.) Max Ernst, CPLY (Paris: Galerie Iolas, 1963) (exh. cat.) Robert Melville, Copley: W.N. Copley Paintings (London: Hanover Gallery, 1963) (exh. cat.) |
| 1962 |
Roland Penrose, Bill Copley (Milan: Galleria Schwarz, 1962) (exh. cat.) |
| 1961 |
Patrick Waldberg, Recent Paintings by CPLY (London: ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1961) (exh. cat.) |
| 1960 |
Roberto Rosselli, CPLY – 470, Mostra del Cavallino (Venice: Galleria del Cavallino, 1960) (exh. cat.) |
| 1951 |
CPLY: Paintings by William N. Copley (Los Angeles: Royer's Book Shop, 1951) (exh. cat.) |
Selected Publications
| 2016 |
Stefan Banz, Aldo Walker: Logotype - En Gardant Un Oeil Sur Marcel Duchamp et William Copley (Dijon: Les presses du réel; Vienna: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2016) (exh. cat.) |
| 2015 |
Claude Goormans, An American Connection (Brussels:Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium; Gent: Snoeck Publishers 2015) |
| 2012 |
Stefan Banz, Aldo Walker: Logotyp - Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp No. 7 - Mit Marcel Duchamp und William Copley im Hinterkopf (Nurnberg: Verlag fur moderne Kunst Nurnberg, 2012) |
| 2009 |
Exile on Main St: Richard Artschwager, William Copley, Steve Gianakos, Alfred Jensen, Peter Saul, John Tweddle, John Wesley, H. C. Westermann, Joe Zucker (Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 2009) (exh. cat.) |
| 1989 |
Siegfried Gohr and Johannes Gachnang (eds.), Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960 (Cologne: Museum Ludwig Koln, 1989) (exh. cat.) |
| 1986 |
Siegfried Gohr and Rafael Jablonka (eds.), Europa/Amerika: Die Geschichte einer künstlerischen Faszination seit 1940 (Cologne: Museum Ludwig Koln, 1986) (exh. cat.) |
| 1982 | Rudi Fuchs (ed.), documenta 7 (Kassel: Bertelsmann Verlag, 1982) (exh. cat.) |
| 1981 |
Laszlo Glozer, Westkunst: Zeitgenössische Kunst Seit 1939 (Cologne: Kölnermessehallen, 1981) (exh. cat.) |
| 1979 | Variations on a Theme by Francis Picabia (New York: Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, 1979) (exh. cat.) |
| 1978 | Marcia Tucker, “Bad” Painting (New York: New Museum, 1978) (exh. cat.) |
| 1972 | Harald Szeemann (ed.), documenta 5 (Kassel: Bertelsmann Verlag, 1972) (exh. cat.) |
| 1956 |
Patrick Waldberg, Peintures recentes (Paris: Galerie du Dragon, 1956) (exh. cat.) |
Artist Writings
| 2020 |
Anthony Atlas (ed.), William N. Copley: Selected Writings (Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2020) |
| 1993 |
William N. Copley, Techniques of Fornication (Berlin: Haus am Lutzowplatz, 1993) |
| 1977 | William N. Copley, Portrait de l'artiste en jeune marchand de tableaux in ‘Paris-New York’ (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 1977) |
| 1972 | William N. Copley, Notes on a Project for a Dictionary of Ridiculous Images (Cologne: Verlag Walther König, 1972) |
| 1965 |
William N. Copley, The Evil I… or The Story of My Life by CPLY (self-published, 1965) |