Walter Ophey Lot n° 117

Walter Ophey White houses 1904 Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard. 28.4 x 40 cm. Framed. Signed 'WOPHEY' (joined) and dated '1904' in red-brown lower right. Handwritten title 'Weiße Häuser' verso. - In good condition. Somewhat dusty, canvas somewhat wavy in places. Kraus G 39 (without illus., "whereabouts unknown") We would like to thank Stefan Kraus, Cologne, for kind confirmatory information. Provenance Estate of the artist; Bernhardine Ophey, née Bornemann (widow of the artist, with handwritten signature on the reverse); Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, no. "OY 154"; Franz Savels Collection, Frechen; private collection North Rhine-Westphalia Exhibitions Probably Duisburg 1946 (Galerie Oberstenfeld), Walter Ophey, cat. No. 5; probably Aachen 1947 (Suermondt-Museum), Walter Ophey, Cat. No. 1 ("Houses") Literature Fred Kocks, Verzeichnis des Nachlasses Walter Ophey, manuscript/typescript, unpublished, Archiv des Kunstmuseums Düsseldorf, 1954, no. 567 (with the estate number on the reverse)