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Max Oppenheimer (Vienna 1885 - 1954 New York)

Sold for €2,000 at Widder Auctions on May 28, 2026.

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Max Oppenheimer (Vienna 1885 - 1954 New York) Rosé Quartet, 1920 color lithography/paper 65,5 x 64 cm signed in stone MOPP depicted in cat. raisonné Max Oppenheimer, Pabst Munich 1993, fig. L15, Kunsthandel Widder (Editor) 2023, Max Oppenheimer und das Rosé-Quartett, P 4 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 1800 - 2600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 1800 Max Oppenheimer (1885 Vienna – 1954 New York), also known as "MOPP," was a significant Austrian artist of the 20th century and a representative of the Austrian avant-garde and Viennese Expressionism. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1900 to 1903 and at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts from 1903 to 1906, where in 1906 he joined the group OSMA (The Eight) – a pioneering association of the Czech avant-garde with Otakar Kubín, Emil Filla, Bohumil Kubišta, and Emil Artur Longen. In 1908/1909, he participated in the Vienna Art Show, having been influenced early on by Vincent van Gogh. In Vienna, he belonged to the circle of Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, and Albert Paris Gütersloh; from 1911 to 1915 in Berlin, he worked with Cubism and the journal Die Aktion; from 1915 to 1925 in Switzerland, he began his intensive engagement with musical themes. From the late 1920s in Berlin, and from 1931 in Vienna, his works were denounced as degenerate art in 1937; in 1938 he fled to Switzerland, and in 1939 to the USA. Oppenheimer created portraits, religious depictions, and scenes of everyday life, primarily expressionist works with Cubist and Futurist influences. He also worked with music: composers, conductors, musicians, and orchestras such as the string quartet founded in 1882 by Arnold Rosé and Eduard Rosé. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.

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