Walter Ophey
Tulpen-Stillleben mit gelber und roter Vase
Circa 1918
Oil on canvas 71 x 70.5 cm Framed. Signed 'WOphey' (W and O joined) in black lower right. - In excellent condition.
Ophey's still life impresses through its austere simplicity. The composition appears cool, almost architectonic, and thus contrasts drammatically with the tremendous colour palette that manifests itself in almost monochrome planes. The artist radically deconstructs the perspective of the pictorial space in favour of a two-dimensionality that appears to be further increased by the minimal volumes of the depicted objects.
Catalogue Raisonné
Not recorded by Kraus
Certificate
We would like to thank Stefan Kraus, Cologne, for confirmatory information.
Provenance
Formerly private possession, Rhineland-Palatinate; Private possession, Rhineland