Auction: 12 days
As of May 28, 2026
OPHEY, WALTER
1882 Eupen–1930 Düsseldorf
Title: Untitled (Fountain in Wernigerode).
Date: Ca. 1929.
Technique: Coloured chalk on vellum.
Depiction Size: 53,5 x 44,5 cm.
Notation: Signed lower right: WOPHEY (initials ligated).
The work is a drawing relating to the artist’s final painting of the same name
Provenance:
- - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (directly from the artist)
Literature:
- Cf. Kraus, Stefan: Walter Ophey, 1882-1930, - Leben und Werk, mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Druckgraphik, Stuttgart 1993, cat. rais. no. G 636
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