Colour Lithography;
Signed and dated in the lower center of the plate;
39,3 x 27,5 in / 26,6 x 22,1 in inch
Hands serve Max Oppenheimer (1885-1954) - also known as MOPP - as speaking pictorial elements that convey stories. In The Amati from 1932, they are even carriers of expression, representing two people. The two people, to whom the hands belong, are hidden in the ensemble under sheets of music and grey-green fabric and are thus also inseparably connected. MOPP's interest in hands, especially hands making music, is clearly recognizable through their frequent inclusion as a means of communication in his paintings, such as in the portrait of Tilla Durieux. From 1914 in particular, MOPP began to focus intensively on music and its representation in the visual arts, resulting in a diverse body of work dedicated to the visualization of music-making. (Source: Online catalog Leopolmuseum)
