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Lesser Ury

Birnbaum/Poznań 1861 – 1931 Berlin

”Café Gelber in Hamburg”. 1887

Brush and pen and black ink on paper, on cardboard; in the original mat. 20,8 × 9,7 cm (mat: 41,7 × 29,3 cm) (8 ¼ × 3 ⅞ in. (mat: 16 ⅜ × 11 ½ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Café Gelber in Hamburg”. 1887.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Café Gelber in Hamburg”. 1887.
This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Café Gelber in Hamburg”. 1887.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Café Gelber in Hamburg”. 1887.
This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Café Gelber in Hamburg”. 1887.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Café Gelber in Hamburg”. 1887.

Estimate:

EUR 2,500

 

- 3,000

Auction 766

Sunday, 01.11.2026, 6:00 PM

Information

Brush and pen and black ink on paper, on cardboard; in the original mat. 20,8 × 9,7 cm (mat: 41,7 × 29,3 cm) (8 ¼ × 3 ⅞ in. (mat: 16 ⅜ × 11 ½ in.)). Signed in ink and dated in pencil lower left: L. Ury 87. Dedicated in pen on the mat: Herrn Dr. Th. C... z. fr. Erinnerung 1901 Lesser Ury. [3235] Framed


We would like to thank Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, for her scolarly advice.

Condition Report: Fine, harmonious overall appearance. The sheet laid down over its entire surface onto light cardboard. The sheet edges without tears or losses. The paper with minor time staining. In the centre-right of the image, a few faint scuff marks. Along the upper edge as well as at the lower left edge, narrow white paper residue from the original mat. At the corners, outside the image, on the support cardboard, minuscule mounting holes. Ultraviolet light reveals no retouchings or repairs

Formerly Collection Theodor Landau, Berlin / Private Collection, Bavaria (acquired before 1987 at a gallery in Jerusalem)

Lesser Ury und das Licht. Baden-Baden, Museum für Kunst und Technik des 19. Jahrhunderts, 2014, no cat. no., ill. p. 13 / Lesser Ury. Der Einzelgänger unter den "Deutschen Impressionisten". Edenkoben, Schloss Villa Ludwigshöhe, Max Slevogt-Galerie, 2019, cat. no. 15, ill. p. 69 / Stadt, Land, Licht. Lesser Ury. Achberg, Schloss Achberg, 2021, no cat. no., ill., p. 54

Hermann A. Schlögl: Lesser Ury, Zauber des Lichts. Berlin, Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum/Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1995, ill. p. 146 / Sabine Lata: Lesser Ury. Maler der Moderne. Berlin, BeBra Verlag, 2023, ill. p. 101

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