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Walter Ophey
Stadt im Gebirge, 1919.
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Pastel chalk drawing, partly wiped
Signed and dated lower right. On glassine. 31,7 x 41,7 cm (12,4 x 16,4 in), the full sheet
PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland.
The abundant stroke of color, its sternness just alleviated by the wiped parts, is characteristic for Walter Ophey’s pastel drawings. He said the following on the matter: “I have been drawing a with pastel chalks great deal for 13 years, right in front of nature, and I have always been trying to find the most elementary line.. “. [KD].
576
Walter Ophey
Stadt im Gebirge, 1919.
Pastello
Stima:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,150 Risultato:
€ 3,050 / $ 3,202 ( commissione inclusa)