Birnbaum/Poznań 1861 – 1931 Berlin
”Selbstbildnis (Ich selbst als ich krank war)”. 1915
Provenance
Estate Lesser Ury, Berlin / Eugen Weissner, Berlin (acquired 1932 at Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin) / Karl Schapira, Berlin/New York (1932 from Eugen Weissner) / Joseph Meyer Proskauer, New York (acquired from Carl Schapira) / The Jewish Museum, New York (initially on loan, 1954 donation Joseph M. Proskauer, New York, until 1969) / Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart / Private Collection, Southern Germany (acquired 1972 from above-mentioned) / Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart (acquired 2010 from above-mentioned) / Private collection, South Germany (acquired 2015 )
EUR 15,000
- 20,000
USD 16,900
- 22,500
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Friday, June 6th 2025, 11:00 AM
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Exhibition
Lesser Ury. Berlin, Berlin Secession [= 42. Ausstellung], 1922, Nr.132 ("Selbstbildnis“) / Der künstlerische Nachlass von Lesser Ury. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 1932, cat. no. 65, ill. p. 33 ("Selbstbildnis") / Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings. New York, Jewish Museum under the Auspices of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1951, cat. no. 22, ill. on the dust jacket ("Self-Portrait (after sickness)“) / A Collection of Paintings by Lesser Ury (1861–1931). The first great Impressionist and Pre-Expressionist Master. New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1953, cat. no. 6 ("Self-Portrait") / Lesser Ury. Zauber des Lichts. Berlin, Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum, 1995/96, cat. no. 35, ill. p. 96 („Selbstporträt") / Lesser Ury. Stadt, Land, Licht. Schloss Achberg, 2021, without no., ill. p. 97
Literature and illustration
Adolph Donath: Lesser Ury. Seine Stellung in der modern deutschen Malerei. Berlin, Verlag Max Perl, 1921, ill. p. 133 ("Selbstporträt") / Heinz Caspari: Lesser Urys jüdische Bilder. In: Aus alter und neuer Zeit, Illustrierte Beilage zum Israelitischen Familienblatt, Hamburg, Beilage zu no. 3, no. 10, 15.11.1924, p. 76 f., ill. ("Selbstbildnis Urys") / Arthur Galliner: Schöpfer einer jüdischen Kunst. Erinnerungen an Lesser Ury: Allgemeine Wochenzeitung der Juden in Deutschland, XII. vol., no. 29, 18.10.1957, p. 7 ("Selbstbildnis“) / Joachim Seyppel: Lesser Ury. Berlin, Gebrüder Mann Verlag, 1987, p. 206, no. 245 (erroneously listed as drawing)
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